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How to Draw a Giraffe Step By Step – For Kids & Beginners

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In this tutorial on how to draw a Giraffe, we will learn to draw unusual and gorgeous Giraffe.  Giraffe is a very beautiful animal with its unusually long neck and patterns on its body.

This unusual animal is very familiar and known to all the earth’s inhabitants. At the end of this tutorial, we will get to know few facts about it.

This tutorial on how to draw a Giraffe is divided into many easy steps to make it easy and simple. By learning these drawings you will be able to learn to draw more other animals also having resembled body traits as a horse, camel, etc.

How to Draw a Giraffe 

Step 1: Draw a small circle on the left top of the page for the head of giraffe.  Then 2 ovals on the right side of the head a little below it. By connecting these figures with lines you will form neck and spine for your giraffe

 

How to draw a giraffe

 

Step 2: Draw the snout and long which getting thick near to chest. Connect 2 ovals drawn for chest and pelvis, then draw torso. star drawing long legs keeping joint and hooves in mind.

How to draw a giraffe

Step 3: Outline the body of the giraffe by drawing a guideline line. Draw other details also in this step as horns, eyes, and ears. Following the neckline draw long mane of Giraffe You can refer our illustration given below for any help.

How to draw a giraffe

Step 4: In this step erase all the guidelines drawn. Observe Giraffe below and start drawing details in your giraffe drawing. Up to this time, it is almost similar to giraffe only missing is distinctive details.

 

How to draw a giraffe

 

Step 5: At this step give your Giraffe a realistic look by drawing patches all over the body. This step needs a lot of patience while drawing. Spots must be large on neck and small on legs. There is no perfect shape for the patches, keep them in angular form only.

 

How to draw a giraffe

 

 

Step 6: Shade the spot’s light and dark outline. To create more attractive shadows, sketch it with light lines and then darken it later were required.

How to draw a giraffe

 

How to draw Giraffe head :

Step 1: Draw a large U shape at the middle bottom of the paper.

How to draw a giraffe

Step 2: Draw nostrils attached to U shape, forming a small m and 2 ovals inside.

 

How to draw a giraffe

Step 3: Draw sides of the head with similar lines.

 

How to draw a giraffe

Step 4: By taking lines inward start forming horns for the giraffe.

 

How to draw a giraffe

Step 5: Above the head draws 2 symmetrical horns.

How to draw a giraffe

Step 6: Draw the eyes and large lashes over it.

How to draw a giraffe

Step 7: Both sides of the head draw 2 ears and from below the head neck for the giraffe.

 

How to draw a giraffe

Step 8: Add patterns on the body to make it look more resemble. Draw background gives it a realistic look.

 

How to draw a giraffe

Step 9: Color your Girrafe with reference to the image below or your imagination.

How to draw a giraffe

Did you know the interesting facts about the Giraffe:

  1. Giraffes are the tallest animal on earth with tall legs and neck.
  2. They can rum up to 35miles in hour.
  3. There long neck creates problem to reach the ground.
  4. They don’t drink water daily.
  5. They sleep, eat and gives birth standing up.
  6. Their spots are like fingerprints, carries giraffe to giraffe.
  7. They sleeps on 5 to 30min in a day.

Below we are providing you with a few more easy Step By step Giraffe Drawing to practice and have fun with.

Drawing 1:

How to draw a giraffe

Drawing 2:

How to draw a giraffe

Drawing 3:

How to draw a giraffe

Here our lovely Giraffe drawing is complete, hope you like the tutorial also visit other drawing tutorials as well.

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