Learn to Draw Animals - learn to draw animals including cats, dogs, and horses, including easy step-by-step animal drawing lessons and advanced tutorials.
Follow these simple steps to draw this cute sea turtle swimming through the ocean.
Cats are wonderful subjects to sketch, with their quick graceful movements equally suited to brisk energetic handling or to smooth, elegant line.
Learn how to draw a wolf or werewolf following this superb step by step drawing tutorial by artist Michael Hames.
Here's a very easy step-by-step lesson on how to draw a horse's head. We'll use some simple shapes to build the drawing, so you can follow this lesson even if you think you have no drawing ability at all.
Drawing your cat from a photograph is quite easy. Follow these steps to learn how to draw your a cat, and use the same principles to sketch a cat from life, too. When it's asleep, maybe...
Sketching your dog from a photograph is quite easy - at least you have a stationary subject!
A gallery of animal drawings and sketches - portraits and scenes of animals from loved pets to wild animals. Drawings contributed by Drawing/Sketching forum members.
A good reference photo is essential for portrait drawing, but too often, beginners try to do a portrait from a small, out-of-focus flash-photo from a bad angle. Here are some tips on getting a great shot of your pet so that you can create a great pet portrait.
Drawing a dog's head is easy with this line-by-line illustrated tutorial from your guide.
A simple step by step tutorial shows you how to draw a pretty tropical fish. Do some in colors to match your favorite film character!
Draw a cute frog using simple shapes - its easy! Follow the steps in this illustrated tutorial.
Draw a cute sea-turtle with this easy tutorial from your guide.
Mike Sibley's dog portraits are superb, beautifully composed and amazingly detailed. His 'studio tips' section includes excellent tutorials on techniques for realist drawing of dogs and other subjects.
Animal reference photos - a small but excellent collection of good quality animal photos, including several pictres of tigers, a wolf, panda, koalas, puma, birds and others. According to the website, they are copyright free 'to the best of their knowledge'.
Some cute pet rat sketches from Sarah Forrester.
A page of cow sketches from Sarah Forrester.
Draw a cute, realistic frog following these step-by-step illustrations, suitable for reasonably confident drawers. (Quickly establishes outlines rather than geometric shapes).
Fans of realist animal art will enjoy this gallery of amazing watercolor pencil drawings by wildlife artist Joan Sharrock.
