Cat Head & Face

Let’s start by drawing the head and face of the cat. For the shape of the head we start with a circle but then push out the sides a little bit on the lower half, this circle will look almost like it was squished from the top. 

Once we have the head in place we can draw the ears by adding rounded triangles to the top. Pay attention to the distance between the ears, you can play around by making them farther apart or closer together. Also add a rounded line on the inside of the ear closest to the middle of the face.

For the face we draw in two dots for the eyes, a triangle for the nose and then 3 lines on each of the sides for the whiskers. Practice drawing cute cat faces in your sketchbook or using the free printable worksheet until you are comfortable with it.

Cat Body & Tail

For the full cat drawing let’s start by drawing the two major shapes which are the head (squished circle) and the body which has almost a box shape. The shape of the body changes drastically depending on the pose so this step will be different depending on the drawing. 

Then add the triangular shaped ears to the top of the head followed by the legs which are made of cylinders attached to the bottom of the body, you can think of these as popsicle sticks since they have a similar shape.

For the final step we add in the face of the cat and draw the tail which is a tall box with a round end, make the box a bit curvy and you get the shape of a cat tail. Make sure to grab the free worksheet at the top of this page to help you practice these steps!

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.