Drawing a Realistic Lion

RKing Drawing a Realistic Lion 41 STEPS Made with

Get a pencil and eraser and draw 2 intersecting circles 1 Made with

Add in a triangle at the point they intersect and 2 diagonal lines going up and off the same area 2 Made with

Add in the lines for the mouth 3 Made with

Outline and define the lions muzzle or snout 4 Made with

Defining the head 5 Made with

Detailing the nose 6 Made with

Let’s draw those eye lids with a curve 7 Made with

Let’s define the eye shape 8 Made with

Drawing the inside of the eyes 9 Made with

Little details 10 Made with

Shading the eyes - focus on top to bottom of the eye 11 Made with

Keep shading those eyes - focus on the sides now 12 Made with

Let’s shade the nose - top to bottom 13 Made with

Shading the mouth and the chin 14 Made with

Shading the sides 15 Made with

Making the lion look furry 16 Made with

Shading the top of the nose 17 Made with

Shading above the eyes 18 Made with

Forehead shading 19 Made with

Shading the cheek bones 20 Made with

More detail shading 21 Made with

Shading the cheeks 22 Made with

Angling the eyes 23 Made with

The little lion details 24 Made with

Blending time - move in a circle to soften the lines 25 Made with

Blend the whole face 26 Made with

Use the eraser to pull back out the highlights in the eyes 27 Made with

Adding in the ears 28 Made with

Shading the ears 29 Made with

Draw in the mane 30 Made with

Drawing in the shadow 31 Made with

Shading up the sides and top 32 Made with

Drawing in the fur of the mane 33 Made with

Just keep drawing in all that fur 34 Made with

Blending the mane 35 Made with

Keep blending! Don’t give up, we are almost done 36 Made with

Go back and draw back in some of the line work lost in blending 37 Made with

try drawing in the fur with the mane by using your eraser 38 Made with

Make sure your ears haven’t disappeared into the fur 39 Made with

Draw in the dots for the whiskers and erase out the whiskers 40 Made with

We did it! Great work! Don’t forget to sign your masterpiece 41 Made with

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