The Dog Head

Let’s start by practicing the head of the dog. We can start with a box and then round its edges to get the main shape for the head. Lightly draw in a box with sharp edges and then draw the rounded corners to help visualize this process.

Once we have our rounded box we can add floppy ears by drawing some rounded shapes, these shapes remind me of the curve of an ice cream but you can use whatever analogy helps you remember the shape. 

For the final step we can add in the cute dog face by drawing two dots for eyes and a triangle for the nose.  I like to leave out the mouth for these drawings because I think it makes them extra cute but feel free to add a mouth if you want more expression on the character!

Full Dog Drawing

Now that we have practiced drawing some cute dog faces we can combine it with the body. Start by drawing the rounded box followed by a tall rectangle form. In our example the head will be tilted so the rounded box is on an angle.

For the second step we add the floppy ears and two of the legs which are made up of cylinders. You can think of the legs as popsicle sticks that attach to the body form. After that we add two more of the legs and the face like we did in our previous practice.

The final step is drawing in the tail for the dog, I like to think of the shape of flame which is rounded but comes to a tip. Dogs have many different kinds of tails so you can play around here and see which you like drawing the most.

I hope you enjoy this step by step tutorial on how to draw a cute dog, make sure to check out more of these simple tutorials in the Beginner Tutorials Section.