How to Draw Elephants

Elephants are the largest animals living on land. The area of Africa and South Asia is inhabited by elephants. They consume large amounts of vegetation and are distinguished by their large ears, long trunks, tusks, and excellent memory. Here is a basic tutorial on how to draw this adorable animal. Let’s get started!

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Cartoon elephant drawing

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Draw a circle and an oval attached to the circle. The oval overlaps the circle slightly.

Draw the trunk with curved lines, draw the ears with an inverted C shape.

Draw the elephant’s legs using parallel lines.

Draw a small circle for the eyes and draw the eyebrows with small strokes. Draw a large protruding tooth with a curved stroke and add a few strokes of the pen on the top of the elephant’s trunk.

Draw the entire elephant head based on the sketch.

Draw the elephant’s body and legs from the previous sketch.

Draw two curved lines for the tail and add a few hairs at the tip of the tail. Add pedicure curves.

Erase unnecessary strokes.

Simple elephant drawing

Draw three interconnected circles. Connect the circles with a membrane-like shape.

Draw the trunk in front of the first circle and a fan for the elephant’s ears.

Draw oblique lines to make elephant legs.

Draw the eyes with curved lines. One more protruding tooth just below the ivory.

Adjust details in elephant ears and ivory.

Draw the entire elephant’s body based on the drawn outline and add the tail. Don’t forget to draw curved lines at the elephant’s feet for the nails.

Draw short random strokes on the elephant’s body, especially in the shaded areas.

Erase unnecessary strokes.

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Color the picture.

Draw an elephant’s head looking straight from the front

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Draw a medium-sized circle and add a large oval for the head.

From the intersection of the circle and the oval, draw 2 downward arcs and a wavy line from the bottom of the circle to make the faucet.

Draw the trunk and the pair of tusks.

Draw the elephant’s ears from the top intersection of the oval and the circle.

Add details on the elephant’s face.

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Color the elephant.

Chibi-style elephant drawing

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Draw a medium-sized circle and add a large oval for the body of the elephant.

Draw 2 pear shapes from the center of the circle to the middle of the oval. These will be elephant ears, which are ideal for drawing baby elephants.

Draw an elephant eye in the center of the circle.

Draw the trunk and eyebrows.

Draw two halves of the elephant’s legs using two “U” shapes to create the skeleton. The other half looks like a square with rounded corners.

Add details for the elephant’s leg and draw the other legs based on the already drawn legs. Draw more elephant tails.

Things you need

Paper
Pencil
Pencil sharpener
Eraser
Crayons, crayons, alcohol markers or watercolors

Steps

Cartoon elephant drawing

Simple elephant drawing

Draw an elephant’s head looking straight from the front

Chibi-style elephant drawing

Things you need

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