How to Draw a Bunny – Easy Video Tutorial

This is such an easy tutorial to draw a bunny. You’ll be ready to color this drawing in just a few minutes. I’ve also added lots of ideas for crafts that you can make with this bunny drawing.

This simple technique uses less than 10 steps. To make the drawing of a bunny, we’ll start by drawing the basic round shape to make the head, then add the body, the ears, and a cute little tail.

This short tutorial can be done by both digital and traditional methods. This means that you can use a digital drawing tablet or a pencil and paper.

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If you’re looking for cartoon animal drawings, then this is a good place to start. Once you’re done, you’ll be able to upload your finished drawing to your cutting machine and cut a template using your simple bunny drawing.

You can print the instructions and the template below. Follow this tutorial and watch the video to learn how to draw a bunny drawing.

Want to make a whole bunch of cutes bunnies? Copy and paste or just duplicate the first bunny that you made and move them around the canvas any way that you like.

Make an Easter drawing by using different colors to color the bunny ears and drawing a baby chick and a few carrots. You can get instructions to draw a really simple carrot in this other post.

To personalize your drawing, you can add a name just under the bunny. Here are three ways that you can add text to your drawing.

For a step by step tutorial on how to do this in Inkscape, sign up for my free So Simple SVG Quotes course.

How to Draw an Easy Bunny

Let’s start by gathering your materials to draw the bunny. If you need to know where to find these supplies, I’ve added links to Amazon and Etsy below.

Drawing Supplies

Here is a list of drawing supplies. The first set is for drawing in the traditional method on paper.

The last set is for digital drawing.

Art Pencil Kit

drawing pencils

Amazon Basics Sketch and Drawing Art Pencil Kit – 17-Piece Set

Mix Media Paper Pad

Mix media paper pad

Canson XL Series Mix Media Paper Pad

Art Markers

Art markers

Tombow 56185 Dual Brush Pen Art Markers

LED Light Box

Light table for tracing

LED Light Box 9×12 Inch Light Pad

Digital Art Supplies

Inkscape software program

Computer

Graphic tablet (optional)

Graphic Drawing Tablet

Graphic tablet (optional)

Huion H610 Pro Graphic Drawing Tablet 8192 Pen Pressure Sensitivity with Carrying Bag and Glove

I like to use Inkscape to make my easy cartoon drawings. Inkscape is an open-source graphic software. Which means it’s free to use. Sometimes, I use an online Inkscape drawing app if I’m not at my home computer.

We’ll use the calligraphy and brush strokes tool. The settings that I use are in the instruction sheet at the bottom of the post.

If you’re making the digital version, make sure that your settings on the calligraphy tool match mine before starting.

Draw a Bunny Step by Step

For the first step, we’re going to make a round shape with curved bumps for the cheeks.

Draw the ears by making a U-shaped line, up and then down on one side of the top of the head and then the same on the other side of the head.

Draw a large curve. This will be the bunny body.

See the picture below.

Next, draw a line from the bottom of the head going down to make the legs.

Draw the Bunny Tail

Draw a furry little bunny tail using a few simple strokes.

How to Draw a Bunny Face

Let’s make a face for the bunny.

Draw a small circle on the left and a small circle on the right side of the bunny head.

These are the eyes.

Draw an upside-down triangle in the middle of the head for the bunny nose. Draw three diagonal lines on each side of the face to make the whiskers.

The bunny drawing outline is complete and you can move on to coloring the outline.

Coloring the Bunny Drawing

You’re ready to color your drawing of a bunny.

To do this, use the fill bucket tool (fill bounded areas tool). Make sure that your areas are bounded (that means that they are closed with no gaps).

If you have gaps, double click on the gap, zoom in and pull the nodes to close the gap. Watch the video to see how I did this.

Click the fill bucket tool and then click on a color from the color menu bar at the bottom of the screen. I’ll choose a pink color as my fill color. This is so that we can still see the face and body details, which were done in black. Make it fun by choosing bright colors.

Next, click on a section of the bunny to fill it with color.

Repeat this process to color in every section of the bunny ears and nose.

Your easy bunny drawing is done. Ready to make more?! Here is a little bee drawing that you can try next.

Do you like more traditional methods of drawing? Use this tutorial to make a pencil drawing of a bunny.

If you liked this lesson, you’ll love my So Simple SVG Files course. I will walk you through the steps to make digital drawings using simple shapes in Inkscape. You’ll also learn how to transfer your drawings to your craft projects and get better use from your cutting machine.

Want more easy drawings for starter projects like this? Check out my collection of holiday drawings.

Crafts to Make with a Bunny

The nice thing about digital drawings is that you can upload them to a cutting machine and make print and cut designs for lots of craft projects.

Here are some crafts that you can make with your bunny drawing:

Find this bunny t-shirt from HMarr Designs

Imagine all of the crafts that you can make with the bunny drawing. You can make lots of fun paper, fabric, leather or vinyl crafts.

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Those are just a few ideas to get you started. Check out some of these ideas for easy crafts that you can try.

If you have a Cricut or Silhouette machine and a heat press, you can make iron-on t-shirts. Of course, you can use scissors to cut out the bunny but a cutting machine will make it even easier.

You can take your drawing and put it on tons of different surfaces to make crafts!

Have you ever wondered how you can turn your hobby into a profitable craft business? Check out my post on 5 great reasons to open a craft shop on Etsy.

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Feel free to add a photo of your drawing to the pin so that I can see your cute bunny.

How to Draw a Bunny – Easy Tutorial

This bunny drawing can be done in 10 minutes or less, even if you’re a beginner. You can draw it using a pencil or a graphic tablet. If you want to learn how to draw a bunny, follow the easy steps below.

Materials

• Digital Drawing Supplies
• Paper Drawing Supplies

Tools

• Digital Drawing Supplies
• Inkscape software program
• Computer
• Graphic tablet (optional)
• Paper Drawing Supplies
• Drawing pencil
• Drawing Paper
• Art markers or Colored Pencils
• Light Table for Tracing (optional)

Instructions

1. Draw a medium round shape with puffed out curves for the cheeks, to make the head. Add four U-shaped lines for the ears.
2. Draw a large curved line for the body.
3. Draw lines going down from the head to make the legs.
4. Draw the tail and the face.
5. Color the bunny.

Notes

Calligraphy tool settings

No preset

Width: 3

Thinning: 10

Angle: 90

Fixation: 30

Caps: 0.75

Tremor: 0

Wiggle: 0

Mass:2

If you are making a digital drawing, make sure to close any gaps. This will make it easier to color the drawing using the fill bucket tool.

Put the outline in front of the color by using the Raise selection to top button.

Recommended Products

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