How to Draw a Sheep
In this drawing lesson, you will learn how to draw a sheep step by step. This drawing instruction consists of fourteen steps.
So, we have prepared for you a great drawing lesson in which we will tell you how to draw a sheep step by step. This lesson will greatly help you improve your artistic skills.
By learning how to draw a sheep with the help of this instruction, you will be able to complement many of your beautiful paintings with the image of this animal. For example, you can depict a sheep as the main subject of your drawing, as well as draw it against the backdrop of a landscape or farm.
Sheep are one of the most common types of farm animals. Sheep breeding is practiced in almost all countries of the world, but it is most common in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and also in the countries of the Middle East.
Most often, sheep are white, but there are breeds of sheep with brown or even black wool. Regardless of gender, sheep have horns, but they are less pronounced in females than in males. Sheep have a thick layer of wool that protects their body from cold and heat. Sheep look very cute and funny. This instruction will help you learn how to draw a sheep yourself. Carefully follow the steps described in this lesson, and then you will get a great drawing!
Time needed: 50 minutes
How to Draw a Sheep
- Draw the outline of the head and guidelines for drawing the torso.
Depict the head in the form of a figure similar to a circle. Add two shapes using dashed lines. These figures will help define the torso.
- Add the guidelines.
Connect the outlines of the head and torso with straight lines, and add lines to indicate the location of the hind and front legs.
- Depict the front of the sheep’s head.
Near the previously drawn outline of the head, depict the front of the sheep’s head and its mouth using curved lines.
- Add the facial features.
Inside the outline of the head, draw an eye using arcs of different sizes, and also draw the nostril as the large dot.
- Sketch out the ears of the sheep.
On the sides of the previously drawn sheep’s head, draw two ears pointing in different directions. For this, you should use curved lines.
- Draw the front of the sheep’s body.
To depict the front of the sheep’s body and its wool, use many rounded lines of different lengths.
- Add the elements of the front paws of the sheep.
Near the previously drawn auxiliary lines, draw several curved lines, as shown in the figure.
- Depict the hooves on the front paws.
Connect the lower ends of the previously drawn curved lines with a few more curved lines to represent the sheep’s hooves.
- Sketch out the middle part of the sheep’s torso.
Depict many rounded lines of different sizes, as shown in the figure, to draw the back and belly of the sheep.
- Add the back of the sheep’s torso.
Near the oval, with which the back of the sheep’s body is indicated, draw many short, curved lines, as shown in the figure.
- Draw the outlines of the hind legs.
Near the guidelines that represent the hind legs, add curved lines as shown.
- Depict the hooves on the hind legs.
Now you should add some curved lines to draw the hooves and complete the hind legs.
- Erase extra lines.
Use the eraser to remove any unnecessary guidelines from the drawing.
- Color the drawing.
To color the sheep, use shades of gray as well as black. To make the drawing look more realistic, add shadows and highlights.
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