Drawing a sloth in 8 steps
Hi little artist! Today we are going to draw an animal that is never in a hurry: the sloth. Grab your pencil and eraser, because we are going to work step-by-step. Look closely at the shapes and join in the fun!
1
Begin with a large horizontal oval for the body and a smaller round circle for the head. Also draw a long diagonal line where the branch will be.
2
Connect the head and the body with two short lines for the neck. Now make the thin line of the branch thicker by drawing a second line underneath it.
3
Draw four guide lines from the body to the branch for the legs. Make a small circle at the bottom of the head for the sloth's snout.
4
Now make the legs thicker by drawing lines around the guide lines. Also draw a small line for the mouth at the bottom of the snout.
5
At the end of each leg, draw three long, curved claws gripping the branch. Place a small dot for the eye.
6
Give the sloth a little nose in the middle of the snout. Also draw the characteristic patches around the sloth's eyes.
7
Now draw small jagged lines everywhere along the edges to make the fur look nice and hairy. Add some dashes on the tree branch for the bark.
8
Carefully erase the first guide lines and trace the outer lines one more time to make them dark. Your sloth is now ready to be colored in!