How to Draw an Easy Elephant: Easy Step-by-Step Art Lesson for Kids
This art lesson teaches your kids how to draw an easy elephant. Here you’ll find a tutorial with step-by-step instructions and a complete video lesson.
Drawing of an Easy Elephant
Who says that animal drawings always have to show the entire body? Why not try a close up once in awhile? This tutorial focuses on just the front half of the elephant so students have more room to draw the tusks and trunk, along with all their famous wrinkles.
Also, if you’ve never tried my paper folding tip to give students quick drawing guides, this is the perfect project to give it a try. All they need to do is fold their paper in half both ways and make a crease, before starting their drawing. The neck lines up perfectly with the vertical center fold, and the bottom of the neck with the horizontal fold. When students have those landing points to start and stop their lines, there’s a lot less guesswork involved. Less guessing means more accurate lines the first time around, which will always help the confidence of any beginner artist.
Note: You can also tell anyone concerned about drawing on a “wrinkled” paper that the creases disappear after everything is colored in. All the more reason to color everything in carefully!
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Easy Elephant Coloring Page
Materials
Sharpie Marker
Sharpie Permanent Markers, Fine Point, Black
Pencils
Ticonderoga Wood-Cased Pencils, Unsharpened, #2 HB Soft
Step by Step Directions to Draw an Easy Elephant
Time needed: 45 minutes
How to Draw an Easy Elephant
- Start with a large curve shape.
- Draw the other side of the trunk.
- Add a cheek.
- Continue the back line.
- Draw the leg and belly.
- Add a long tusk.
- Erase inside tusk, draw an ear.
- Erase inside the ear, and add eye and details.
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