Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Kangaroo Tutorial Video and a Kangaroo Coloring Pages. It starts with very simple shapes.

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A drawing of a kangaroo, made with the help of a step by step tutorial.

If you’d like to learn how to draw a kangaroo, you’ve come to the right place. The first lesson shared below focuses on just the very interesting profile of this amazing animal. The second one includes a bit more realism, including a cute little baby joey in a pouch. Both come with step by step tutorials and use guide lines to help students draw the shapes to scale.

A preview of my step-by-step tutorial available as a free PDF.

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Step by Step directions to draw an easy Kangaroo

Time needed: 45 minutes

How to Draw a Kangaroo

Draw a large half circle at an angle.
Add the head shape on the right. The bottom is curved for the mouth.
Connect the two shapes with curbed neck lines.
Add the two ears and eye. Erase the light lines.
Draw the leg and tail, making sure they are level on the bottom.
Erase the light lines and add an arm that is hanging down.
Erase the line shown.
Draw a grass line and a sky.
Trace with a marker and paint or color.

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