How To Draw Wolves

I never try to draw from memory or imagination if I want other peole to recognise the subject, it really is difficult for anyone to draw like this without a source to refer to.

The drawings below will hopefully show just how simple it is to create wolf cartoon drawings, as with any animal. If you have a source photo, simply squint your eyes and try to imagine the animal built from circular shapes. Most animals can be built from a very small number of circles. The wolf is constructed from 2 large circles, one for the head and one for the main body as below. In the second drawing you can see where I added in the ears and a third circle to represent the nose and mouth of the wolf.

  

In the next drawing I have added more detail on the wolves face, plus the long thin legs and a rough sketch of the tail. I decided to move the tail out from behind the wolf to make the drawing more interesting. Finally in the last drawing I added more detail, sharper eyes, markings on the fur, plus better defined the feet and snout. Obviously the drawing is not an accurate sketch of the wolf, simply an example of how to draw wolves, and specifically wolf cartoon drawings. As a cartoon the features are exaggerated, such as the length of the nose, the skiny legs, and the "evil" looking eyes.

  

To complete the drawing I would simply ink in the lines and erase the pencil marks, and probably add some ground detail around the feet, to prevent the wolf looking as if it was floating in mid air!

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