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How to draw an Elephant

13 steps, hard. Start with the big shape, then add one part at a time. In each picture the new strokes are orange.

Hard13 stepsFree in the app
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Draw a big round head, open at the bottom

All 13 steps

  1. 1Draw a big round head, open at the bottom

  2. 2Draw a huge floppy ear on each side of the head

  3. 3Follow each ear's edge with a line inside it

  4. 4Draw a long trunk that curls up at the end

  5. 5Add two curved tusks beside the trunk

  6. 6Mark the trunk with lines across it

  7. 7Draw two small round eyes

  8. 8Draw a big diamond on the forehead

  9. 9Add a little diamond jewel inside it

  10. 10Draw the shoulders, body sides and a flat floor line

  11. 11Draw two wide front legs behind the trunk

  12. 12Curve a band across each leg

  13. 13Finish with three round toenails on each foot

  14. Finished. Now color it.

Where this drawing comes from

This lesson follows the lines of the coloring page “Royal Elephant” (Animals), one of the single pages in the app. When you finish the drawing, the app opens that page so you can color it.

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Trace, copy or use a grid, then color what you drew.

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