How to draw a wolf?

Are you a wolf lover and passionate about the beauty of its fur and its pleasant appearance? If you want to learn how to draw a wolf in an easy and uncomplicated way, follow this tutorial to create a step-by-step drawing that illustrates your passion for this robust animal.

Step 1: Draw the base of the wolf's body

Start by drawing two relatively close circles. The first circle, on the left, represents the front and should be larger than the second. The latter will be used to draw the back of the wolf. Clear some space to draw the animal's head, tail, and legs.

Step 2: Draw the base of the wolf's head

Add a third circle to the left and make sure it's smaller than the previous one. It's best to be the same size as the one on the right.

Step 3: Draw the first guidelines to draw the wolf's face

Draw two curved, intersecting lines (one horizontal and one vertical). These lines will help you draw the details of your face more accurately.

Step 4: Create the base of the snout

This step involves placing a small circle in the middle of the face circle, slightly below the intersection of the curved lines. These marks will help you draw the base of the muzzle perfectly in the middle.

Step 5: Prepare the mouth drawing

Add a U-shaped curve below the snout circle. The curved part of this shape should intersect with the bottom edge of the face circle.

You can consult the article: " How to draw a wolf's head? ", to learn how to draw a wolf's head easily.

Step 6: Draw the bases of the ears

Now it's time to make the ears appear. To do this, place two slightly inclined triangles in place, so that their points point to the two sides of the face circle.

Step 7: Set up the markers to draw the legs

Draw two lines from the bottom left corner of the center circle and two more lines from the circle on the right. Bend the first leg on the left slightly forward to show a wolf in motion, walking. Bend the back leg downward to show that it is moving forward.

You will notice in the picture below that the hind leg should be longer than the others. In addition, you can fold it several times to prepare the points needed to draw the different joints of this leg. On the other hand, the second hind leg is shorter and has fewer joints (same for the second front leg).

Step 8: Create the wolf's body structure

Now, we'll connect the main parts of this sketch to draw the wolf's appearance. So, draw two curved lines on the top edges of the three main circles in the drawing. Do the same between their bottom edges. Don't forget to draw a curved line downward from the back circle (on the right) to represent the tail.

Step 9: Drawing Summary

The skeleton of the wolf drawing is now clearer and we can go into details and place the other organs of the wolf's body.

Step 10: Draw the eyes

Sketch the outlines of the eyes using two curved strokes, filled with color and placed in the center of the face circle. They should be symmetrical about the vertical line and placed slightly above the horizontal line.

Create two small circles, filled with color, at the top center of each eye to represent the pupils. Add two more even smaller circles to illustrate the sparkle in the wolf's eyes.

Make 2 curved lines, made up of very short strokes above each eye to represent the eyebrows.

Step 11: Draw the nose

Create a slightly curved path at the ends and place two small colored circles in the middle. These holes should be symmetrical with the vertical line of the face circle. For a more realistic sketch, draw downward curved lines between the ends of these holes, the vertical line, and the edges of the nose circle.

Step 12: Add volume to the muzzle

Add short strokes above the nose to represent the fur. Next, draw a line below the nose, on the bottom edge of the muzzle circle, and curve these ends upward. This will highlight the lower part of the muzzle.

Step 13: Draw the teeth

Draw the teeth on the top part, starting with the fangs on the ends . Do the same with the bottom part, sketching smaller teeth.

Step 14: Finalize the mouth

Now, it's time to finalize the mouth. First, draw a curved line under the top row of teeth to represent the tongue. Next, draw a U-shaped outline to represent the lower jaw, using quick, short strokes to illustrate the fur.

Step 15: Add volume to the ears

Darken the outer edges of the ears to give them volume. Then add short strokes inside to better illustrate the fur.

Step 16: Draw the head

Draw the shape of the head using a path made up of longer strokes to create thicker fur . Feel free to widen the bottom of the head.

Step 17: Draw the front legs

Lightly sketch the shape of the legs around the guide lines you drew earlier. Next, darken the legs using a series of short strokes to better indicate the fur. Add curved lines to the end of each leg and don't forget to indicate the claws.

Step 18: Draw the hind legs

Repeat the same tasks from the previous step and make sure that the upper part of one leg is a little wide.

Step 19: Draw the body structure

Darken the body outline with a series of slightly longer strokes, to create a denser texture for the fur.

Step 20: Refine the sketch

There you go, you're almost done. All that's left is to clean up the sketch with the initial markers and basic circles to create a realistic and pleasing wolf drawing.

Step 21: Finalize the drawing

Add shading to your drawing while varying the pressure on your pencil to alter the shade levels. Also, add a shadow below the wolf for a more eloquent sketch.

👏 Congratulations! Now you're an expert at drawing wolves.

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