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This How to Draw a Lion Easy Tutorial is so fun for the kids to learn the easy steps on how to make their own lion cartoon drawing. It's a great way to turn the King of the Jungle into a cute lion drawing.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who are the most majestic creatures of them all? The only answer to this question is LIONS!
No animal is more glorious and ferocious than the King of the Jungle. This is probably why when I ask my kids what animal they want to draw when we do arts and crafts, their answer is always a lion.
Every time we go to the zoo or take a safari, my kids are only interested in the lion cage, and for a good reason. One roar from this big beast and everything goes silent.
The best part about drawing a lion or choosing to draw a lion is that it excites all the kids because who can say no to the King of the Jungle, right?
Why Step-By-Step Guides to Drawing are Preferable for Kids
It's best to let kids do their own thing; that's one way of encouraging creativity and imagination. However, I highly recommend helping them get better at neat drawings with a step-by-step guide, especially when drawing big animals.
With this How to Draw a Lion printable guide, you and your kids will learn how to draw the face and the mane of the mighty Lion.
Learning to draw with your kid isn't just fun and games; it's also the best way to bond with your kids, help strengthen their motor skills, and encourage their cognitive development. Win, win right?
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Easy Lion Drawing
If you are a frequent visitor to my page, you may have noticed how I have covered step-by-step printable tutorials of various animals.
And today, I have decided to add the mighty King to my list.
For one reason, it's the most popular animal; for another, it's so easy to teach kids how to draw a lion with a printable guide.
The best part is that even the parents can learn a thing or two about how to draw animals through this printable guide.
If you have always wanted to try your hand at drawing, now is your time. Enjoy guilt-free drawing sessions with your kid with our printable coloring sheets.
Don't miss our Lion Crats including Facts About Lions, Paper Lion Craft, Paper Plate Lion, and L is For Lion Craft.
Free Printable How to Draw Lion
Learning to draw certain characters and animals is always a lot of fun for drawers of any age. We love breaking down each of the drawings into basic shapes and short curved lines. It's an easy way for kids of any age to follow along and create their own fun lion drawing.
We've also created an easy tutorial with step-by-step instructions that are free to print at the bottom of the blog post. I also think having the printable drawing guide helps in making the easy drawings come to life.
If you love drawing tutorials as much as we do, then you will not want to miss some of our other fun easy drawings for kids.
Before you start drawing, we also want to make sure you have the right tools. Here are the drawing paper, and drawing pencils that we like to use.
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How to Draw a Lion Simple Steps
The drawing is a cute cartoon lion and gives a basic idea of a lion sketch. You can later add more details to it and color it. Make your kids try it a few times, and soon they’ll be drawing bees like a pro!
Get your free printable tutorial now, and help your kids grow artistically! Grab a sheet of paper and pencil and let's get drawing!
Lion’s Head
Start with the outline of the lion's face. Draw a slight M at the top of the face and a shallow curved line at the bottom.
Lion’s Mane
Next, draw the outline of the mane. We like the idea of a "V" at the bottom of the mane but short lines or wavy lines create the hair around the lion's face.
Lion's Body
Start by creating the front legs of the lion coming off the bottom mane of the lion and curving in towards the body of the lino.
Next, draw a similar mirror image of the front leg on the right side of the body of the lion.
Now, draw a U shape off the bottom of the front legs. This is the main body of the lion.
Lion's Hind Legs
The next steps are to create the back legs of the lion. Starting on the left side draw an oval shape slightly diagonal from the left front leg and belly. Then draw a small curved line connecting the oval to the rest of the body of the lion.
Draw the second back leg similar to what you drew on the other side of the lion in the previous step.
Next, draw ears by drawing a triangle shape on the left side inside the mane with small lines at the bottom of the ear showing the ear peaking out of the lion's mane. Add a smaller oval shape within the larger oval shape of the lion's paw.
Draw the same lines and shapes for the ear and paw on the right side of the lion.
Lion's Face
When drawing on the lion's facial features, we like to start with the lion's snout which contains the lion's nose and the lion's mouth. Draw an arch at the bottom of the face. Within the muzzle, draw an upside-down triangle for the nose, a small vertical line off the bottom of the nose, and a small curved line for the mouth.
Above the muzzle draw two small circles with two smaller circles inside there other for the eyes. Lastly, add sideways shape raindrop shapes for the eyebrows.
Now you have your own cute lion. You can trace over the lines you have drawn with darker pencils, pens, or black markers.
The last step is to color in your lion and make it super cute and unique!
Happy Drawing!
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How to Draw a Lion
Equipment
- Drawing Pencils
Ingredients
Instructions
- Start with the outline of the lion's face. Draw a slight M at the top of the face and a shallow curved line at the bottom.
- Next, draw the outline of the mane. We like the idea of a "V" at the bottom of the mane but short lines or wavy lines create the hair around the lion's face.
- Start by creating the front legs of the lion coming off the bottom mane of the lion and curving in towards the body of the lino.
- Next, draw a similar mirror image of the front leg on the right side of the body of the lion.
- Now, draw a U shape off the bottom of the front legs. This is the main body of the lion.
- The next steps are to create the back legs of the lion. Starting on the left side draw an oval shape slightly diagonal from the left front leg and belly. Then draw a small curved line connecting the oval to the rest of the body of the lion.
- Draw the second back leg similar to what you drew on the other side of the lion in the previous step.
- Next, draw ears by drawing a triangle shape on the left side inside the mane with small lines at the bottom of the ear showing the ear peaking out of the lion's mane. Add a smaller oval shape within the larger oval shape of the lion's paw.
- Draw the same lines and shapes for the ear and paw on the right side of the lion.
- When drawing on the lion's facial features, we like to start with the lion's snout which contains the lion's nose and the lion's mouth. Draw an arch at the bottom of the face. Within the muzzle, draw an upside-down triangle for the nose, a small vertical line off the bottom of the nose, and a small curved line for the mouth. Above the muzzle draw two small circles with two smaller circles inside there other for the eyes. Lastly, add sideways shape raindrop shapes for the eyebrows.
- Now you have your own cute lion. You can trace over the lines you have drawn with darker pencils, pens, or black markers.
- The last step is to color in your lion and make it super cute and unique!
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