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How To Draw a Gorilla Step By Step – For Kids & Beginners

Gorillas are very similar to humans, thus we are learning how to draw a Gorilla step by step for kids and novices. Gorillas are the part of the art forms for millennia, they are a wild animal with several species found from the forest to mountains.

In movies and serials, they are depicted as funny and human-friendly animals. Thus today this easy step-by-step tutorial is illustrated with a picture for your ease. You just need a paper, pencil, and erase, and also always feel free to be eraser friendly for the rectification. Always draw new lines with a light hand.

We are drawing a cartoon gorilla and a pencil-shaded realistic gorilla, just use the shades of the brown color of your choice, go for water, crayon, oil pastel whichever is handy for you. You can also draw other wild animals as elephant, monkey, wolf etc.

How to draw gorilla

How to draw a Gorilla:

Step 1: Draw a long oval shape on the left side of the paper. Mark a curvy line for further guidelines.

How to draw gorilla

Step 2: Draw a flattened oval for the body and attach it with the line to depict the neck  and chest of the gorilla.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 3: Draw 4 lines as the outline of the legs, 2 from the neck and 2 little tilted from the back of the body.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 4: Finish the legs by giving them a proper shape, gorillas legs are strong and flexible enough to jump and hang.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 5: Star defining the face by giving snout online. Draw The feet in the way as its moving, 2 ears and a tiny tail.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 6: Portray the fingers and palms, nose on the snout, and give the jaw outlines.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 7: Focus on the other details and draw them, including eyes, mouth, ears, and nose.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 8: Draw hairs all over the body of the gorillas. Draw a few details of the ground as grasses.

How to draw Gorilla

 

Step 9: Contour your gorilla and erase all extra lines, your Gorilla is ready.

How to draw Gorilla

How to draw a cartoon Gorilla:

Step 1: Start with drawing a pear shape for the head and a bean kind of shape for the rest of the body.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 2: Start drawing with the face, draw 2 bulky m shape enclosed with a big semi-circle. In between this draw nose and nostrils.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 3: Draw 2 round eyes and a single smiley line for the mouth.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 4: Draw the front limbs with the hands grasping towards the ground.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 5: Draw the back limbs smaller than the arms, adjoining the feet.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 6: On the chest on torso draw details, add hairs by the zig-zag lines on the joints of arms and legs.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 7: On the head and neck draw long fur and round ears on both sides.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 8: Rub out all the extra lines from the gorilla drawing, and mark it with the marker or dark pencil.

How to draw Gorilla

Step 9: Color your gorilla with shades of brown.

How to draw Gorilla

 

Step by step depiction of Gorilla:

 

How to draw Gorilla

Do you know the facts about gorilla:

Here we are with some interesting facts about the gorillas.

  1. They are herbivorous and roams on land and trees.
  2. Gorillas are up to 98% identical to humans.
  3.  Gorillas use knuckles to walk.
  4. They all have the same blood with different fingerprints.
  5. They eat fruits, leaves, roots.

How to draw gorilla

How to draw gorilla

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