How to Draw a Lion

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In this video , we're going to draw a line in start by drawing a circle as a guide for the front part of the body to draw the circle .

First make two small marks to indicate the circle's length and then on the sides make two more small marks to indicate the circle's width .

Then connect the marks using curved lines to finish the shape of the circle sketch lightly at first so that it's easy to erase .

If you make a mistake , also pause the video to draw at your own pace .

The circle doesn't have to be perfect .

But if you're having a hard time drawing it just trace the outer edge of a cup , a bottle cap or anything else with a circular edge to the left , draw another circle as a guide for the back portion of the body .

Use the form marks method to draw this circle too first make four small marks to indicate the sides of the circle and then connect the marks using curved lines to finish the shape of the circle .

This circle should be about half the size of the first circle .

Don't place the circles too far .

Apart or the body will be too long on the top right side , draw another circle as a guide for the head .

Use the four marks method to draw this circle as well .

The head circle should be about one third .

The size of the first circle don't place the circle too high up or the neck will be too long on the bottom , right side of the head circle , make a small mark for the first part of the muzzle .

Pay attention to the placement of the mark .

Don't drive too far away from the head circle .

Connect the small mark to the head circle using curved lines to finish the guide for the muzzle .

The arc for the muzzle should be similar to the letter U on its side , draw a long sloping line across the entire head .

This is a construction guide that will help you place the facial features later on near the middle of the entire head shape .

Draw a shorter line for another construction guide inside the head near the top .

Draw a small arc as a guide for the ear on the bottom , right side of the first circle , draw a long vertical line .

As a guide for the front leg bend , the top and bottom ends of the line to indicate the joints and foot under the circle on the left , draw long angled line as a guide for the hind leg bend , the line in the middle to indicate where the joint will be to the right draw another angled line as a guide for the other hind leg connect the head to the body using short lines to create the guide for the neck curve .

The bottom line slightly connect the circles in the middle , using longer lines to finish the guide for the torso .

The bottom line should slope down slightly on the right side , on the left side of the body draw a long curved line as a guide for the tail , the line for the tail should be close to the hind leg at the bottom and that's it for the guidelines .

Now , let's start on the final drawing inside the head circle , lightly sketch a small circle for the eye .

Use the construction lines as guides to help you place the eye inside the head .

When you get the size and position of the eye , right darken , the shape use a short sloping line to darken the top part of the eye , add a small angled line on the left side of the shape .

For the outer corner of the eye inside the eye off to the left , draw a tiny circle for a highlight near the middle of the eye .

Draw big dot for the pupil don't overlap the tiny highlight circle .

When you draw the pupil , make the bottom part of the eye a little bit flat as you darken the shape , add a couple of short sloping lines on the bottom right side of the shape for the inner corner of the eye , make the outer edges of the eye thick and dark near the tip of the guide for the muzzle , lightly sketch a small triangle for the nose .

Pay attention to the size of the nose in relation to the head .

When you get the size and position of the nose right darken .

The shape use a wavier line as you darken the top part of the nose on the left side , draw a short line that curves toward the middle for the nostril , make the corners of the nose pointy .

Now shade in the nostril under the nose , lightly sketch a line that curves to the left for the first part of the mouth , add an extra short line on the right side for the other side of the mouth .

The left side of the mouth should be below the eye on the right side under the nose , draw a short line for the tip of the muzzle below the mouth .

Draw a short curved line for the chin .

This curved line using a series of short strokes for the fur .

Follow the basic path of the initial guide as you draw the chin , extend the strokes farther to the left to create part of the lower jaw .

When you get all of these shapes right darken , the lines make the left tip of the mouth thick and dark .

Use a series of short strokes as you darken the chin and jaw to create a furry texture , follow the curvature of the initial guideline as you draw these shapes now darken the arc at the top to create the ear , extend the line at the bottom to make the ear a little bit bigger inside the shape .

On the left side , draw a short curved line for the inner structure of the ear .

Now to the right of the shape , draw a series of short strokes for the part of the man that's in front of the ear .

Draw these short strokes far down below the ear on top of the nose , draw a line that slopes up into the left for the top of the muzzle at the top to the right of the eye , draw an extra curved line for the brow , follow the curvature of the initial guideline as you draw this shape , add a few short strokes on the forehead for fur .

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If you'd like , you can draw the top edge of this shape slightly higher above the head for a bigger man , make the strokes short and vertical on the top side and longer and horizontal on the left side .

Now add the bottom edge of the main , the same way , lightly sketch the bottom edge of the main along the outer edges of the initial guides make the line at the bottom wavy a series of short strokes across the front part of the body for the left edge of the main .

Now darken the line at the bottom using short strokes to finish the shape of the mate on the tip of the muzzle , draw a few rows of dots for the face of the whiskers .

Then draw a few more short strokes for the whiskers use the vertical line that's under the body on the right side as a guide to draw the first front leg , lightly sketch the shape of the leg around the guideline curve .

The shape of the leg where the guideline bends to create the joints at the bottom curve , the shape to the right slightly to create the paw .

When you get the shape of the leg right darken , the lines don't draw the shape of the leg too far away from the guideline on the top , left side , draw a small shape that's made up of short strokes for a tough the fur on the joint darken .

The rest of the leg make the top part wide and the bottom part narrow draw a couple of short curved lines on the tip of the paw for the toes to the right , draw a line that's parallel to the leg for the other front leg .

A big part of this front leg will be hidden behind the first front leg .

Add a curved line at the bottom to split the toes .

Now use the angled line on the far left side as a guide to draw the first hind leg just like before , sketch the shape of the leg lightly around the guideline , make the top part of the leg wide and gradually make it thinner toward the bottom .

Extend the bottom tip of the foot further to the right to create the palm .

When you get the shape of the leg right darken the lines draw a couple of short curved lines on the tip of the pot to create the toads curve , the shape of the leg where the guideline bends for the joints .

Now use the angled line on the right side as a guide to draw the other hind leg the same way just like before first sketch the shape of the leg around the guideline and only darken the lines when you get the shape right , make the top part of the leg wider than the bottom curve .

The bottom tip of the foot for the paw on the tip of the paw , draw a short curved line to separate the toes .

Now use the remaining lines and shapes as guides to draw the rest of the body simply darken the outer edges of the guides to create the shape of the body on the left side , draw an extra line next to the hind leg to make the tail thicker .

Don't overlap the hind leg as you draw the tail at the bottom , draw pointy shape using short strokes for the bushy tip of the tail darken the guide at the bottom using curved lines to finish the underside of the body .

Now erase the initial guidelines .

The next few steps are sped up so that the video won't be too long .

Don't worry about erasing all of the guidelines .

It's ok to leave them behind , redraw any of the final lines that you may have accidentally erased and now shade your drying shade lightly at first and gradually build up to darker values for light values .

Push down very lightly on your pencil and then push down harder for darker values .

Start with a light value for the head and body shade .

The maine using a darker value as you shade .

The maine use strokes that go in the general direction of the hair .

The strokes for the main should be vertical on the right side and gradually slope down on the left side , gradually add darker values to the left side of the main lions have mains in a variety of shades .

So you can make yours as dark or as light as you want slightly darker values inside the head to give it more structure .

It's a good idea to use reference as you shade for a more accurate depiction of a lion , be consistent with your strokes as you shade .

If you shade using strokes that go in multiple directions , the drawing can start to look a little messy , use a darker value throughout the body as well to create some shadows , shadows give the figure more dimension and volume , pickle lighters as you shade so that the shadows are consistent throughout the body .

Here , the light source is coming from the top .

So most of the shadows will be on the bottom of the shapes shading can be time consuming .

So be patient and take breaks shadow at the bottom using a medium value .

This grants the lion so that it doesn't appear to be floating , keep shading until you're happy with the result .

And that's it for the lion .

Don't forget to pause the video to draw at your own pace .

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