Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial video for how to draw a Sloth and a Sloth Coloring Page. Hanging in a tree is one of their favorite things to do.

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Sloth Drawing

A drawing of a Sloth, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.

More about drawing a Sloth

When you learn how to draw a sloth, you can learn so more more about this amazing and adorable animal. Did you know that there are two different species of sloth, and it’s the three-toed sloth that looks like he’s always smiling? They live in the tropical forests of Central and South America, and could use all the support they can get to keep their habitats from shrinking.

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A step by step tutorial for how to draw an easy Sloth, also available as a free PDF tutorial.

Sloth Coloring Page

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Student Art Gallery

A Sloth drawing by Dheer, age 6, from Mumbai, India

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Time lapse of Sloth drawing tutorial

Materials

Drawing Paper

This is the good stuff you can buy in bulk for a good price.

Pencils

I like how this brand always makes nice dark lines.

Sharpie Markers Black

A permanent marker will give you a dark black color.

Colored Pencils or Crayons

A larger pack will offer more color choices. Note: All of the above are affiliate links.

Step by Step Directions

Time needed: 1 hour

How to Draw a Sloth

Draw an oval head and connected body.
Add a branch above.
Connect the body to the branch with a back leg.
Add a front arm.
Draw the far arm and leg with claws.
Start the face with an outline.
Draw the inside face features.
Add leaves to the tree. Erase the gray lines.
Trace with a marker and color with crayons.

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