How to Draw an Anteater
This drawing tutorial presents you how to draw an anteater step by step. Drawing this animal is easy and fun, and it’s good for your hand motility and imagination!
In today’s drawing lesson, you will see how to draw an anteater easily and step by step! As you can see, drawing an anteater is pretty easy. To see a preview, just look at the step-by-step collage of the drawing lesson!
Let’s talk a little about anteaters:
Anteaters are animals that live in the rainforests of Central and South America. They got their name from their main food—ants and termites.
There are several species of anteater, including the common anteater, giant anteater, and southern anteater. All of them have a long tongue, which is used to catch insects. Anteaters also have strong claws and powerful paws that help them dig into the ground.
It is said that the ancestors of anteaters appeared about 50 years ago. Incredibly long time ago, right? Try to draw a dinosaur, by the way, because this is also a very old type of animal!
Anteaters are important members of the rainforest ecosystem. They help control ant and termite populations, which promotes healthy forest growth and development. You need to put in a little bit of effort to create a great drawing of this funny animal. Let’s get started!
Time needed: 25 minutes
How to Draw an Anteater
- Prepare the base.
Start from the base. First, draw the outline of the body with the shape of the head and long nose.
- Add the eye.
Now draw the oval shape for the eye, as well as the pupil and the arc above the eye.
- Detail the head.
Detail your anteater’s head by adding the ear, mouth, and nose.
- Draw the legs.
Add the front and back legs of the animal. Start by drawing two legs that are visually closer.
- Add the second side.
Now draw the legs visually located behind the torso.
- Add texture.
Texture the body of your anteater by adding the little detail as in the example.
- Outline the tail.
Outline the shape of the anteater’s large tail.
- Texture the tail.
Make the anteater’s tail more detailed and textured by adding furry lines.
- Color the drawing.
Using shades of brown color the cartoon anteater.
You drew another beautiful animal! Love this world of nature even more, immersed in it with our drawing lessons! We hope that we help you in drawing and learning. We are waiting for you at other step-by-step drawing lessons, friends!
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