How to Draw A Centipede
Creatives will love learning how to draw a centipede with 6 simple steps.
Expect 6 easy steps to follow, children will enjoy creating their own centipede on paper. Also included is a printable version of this centipede drawing tutorial.
Perfect for art teachers and homeschoolers looking to teach kids how to draw their own centipede.
Finally learn to draw insects by following this lesson at your own comfortable pace. …and now for the how to draw a centipede lesson…
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- How to Draw A Centipede Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)
This step by step lesson will instruct you how to draw a centipede. We will draw attention to the shapes of each area and variety of contours created making sure that the drawing looks convincing.
Time Needed: 20 minutes
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Draw The Head
Draw a small circle on the upper left side of your paper.
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Outline The Guideline For The Body
Then, create an outline for its body. Here, we draw smooth curved lines that we will follow in the next steps.
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Draw The Body
Following the guide, draw the body of the centipede by adding a series of curved lines, just like in the demonstration.
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Connect The Curved Lines
Next, draw lines that will connect the curved lines, and now we have the centipede’s body.
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Draw The Antennae And Plenty Of Legs
Draw the antennae above the head. This insect has plenty of legs that are v-shaped. Each leg extends outward aways from the body segment. Pay attention to the position of each body segment when drawing the legs.
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Color Your Drawing
The primary color of our drawing is brown. We can add shadows and highlights to make our drawing stand out.
How to Draw A Centipede PDF Download
Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for How to Draw A Centipede. The last page of the downloadable PDF includes a coloring book page with just the outlines and an extension exercise for prompting kids to get creative!
Centipede Facts for Kids
Centipedes may look scary, but they’re actually just as afraid of you as you are of them! Centipedes can lose quite a few of their legs and grow them back. This is just one example of the incredible regenerative power that these creatures have.
They may appear to be slow and weak, but these creatures can pack a mean sting and quickly retreat into their holes and cracks when threatened! A centipede is a carnivore that kills its prey by injecting it with venom from its front legs.
Centipedes are known for their speed. Their legs are made of segments, each with a pair of stubby feet. The ones near the head segment are very small, while the ones near the abdomen are very long.
Their mouths are made of two hard plates that stick together, and their tiny antennae can sense out their vibrations. The first pair of legs are used to capture their prey. The centipede will bite it and inject venom, paralyzing the tiny prey. Centipedes can have up to 30 legs.