We offer you a step-by-step tutorial on the topic of farm animals, and now you will learn how to draw a longhorn.

It is a breed of cattle known for its long horns. The longhorn has a muscular, sinewy body. If you follow this tutorial, you will acquire useful skills that will help you when drawing other animals, such as a cow, buffalo, or yak.

Time needed: 1 hour

How to Draw a Longhorn

Prepare the base.
Draw the main parts of the animal’s body in the form of rounded figures of different sizes, while maintaining proportions.
Add the antlers, limbs, and udder.
From the head, draw smooth curved lines to the sides. Depict the front and hind legs, draw the places of the folds in the form of large dots. Add the udder with a semicircular line.
Detail the head.
Focus on the auxiliary lines and carefully trace the head along the contour, giving it the desired shape. Draw the eyes, nostrils, mouth, and hair on top.
Depict the horns and ears.
With the help of clear, smooth lines, give the horns shape and thickness. Below the horns draw fluffy ears.
Sketch out the outline of the body.
Draw connecting lines between the thoracic region and the pelvic region to represent the back. With the help of curved lines depict the lower part of the thoracic region.
Depict the rest of the body outline, udder, and tail.
With the help of a curved line to depict the belly, add the back of the torso, which smoothly passes into the tail. Detail the udder.
Draw the front legs.
Use the guidelines as a guide and give the front legs the desired thickness and shape.
Add the hind legs.
This step is similar to the previous one and here you will give the hind legs the desired thickness and shape in the same way as you did for the front legs.
Depict the grass.
Use short strokes of different sizes and depict the thick tall grass on which the animal is standing.
Detail the color.
On the body of the animal, draw a contour where the color of the fur will be different. Use free-form lines to draw the these spots.
Correct inaccuracies.
Carefully remove all unnecessary lines in your drawing. Correct inaccuracies if necessary.
Color the drawing.
To paint the body of the animal, you will need brown and gray. Color the grass green.