How to Draw a Wallaby
Children can learn how to draw a wallaby by following the images in this basic guide.
Follow along with these basic 6 drawing steps. You will learn the fundamentals for drawing a wallaby.
This lesson only takes about 20 minutes and has a PDF near the bottom of the lesson you can easily print or download. The pdf lesson even contains a coloring book page with just the line art. This accompanies well with crayons or markers. This is ideal for very young children in the need of extra guidance and are looking to shade in a wallaby.
Learning to draw is much more fun when you have a easy to understand lesson to reference. Let’s get drawing!
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- How to Draw a Wallaby Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)
In this lesson, we will start with a blank piece of paper and learn how to draw a wallaby in 6 illustrative steps. We will consider the proportions of each of the drawn parts of the wallaby.
Time Needed: 20 minutes
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Form The Head
First, outline the oval shape of the wallaby’s head. Next, draw two shaded ovals for the eyes. Now, create a rounded shape for the nose. Then, add two lines curving upward to draw the mouth. Draw a circle around the mouth and then create two vertical lines attached to the eyes as shown.
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Add The Ears
Draw two pointed shapes attached to the top of the wallaby’s head. Don’t forget to draw a diagonal line on each ear.
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Outline The Body
Outline the oval shape of the wallaby’s body.
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Attach The Tail
Attach the wavy pointed shape of the wallaby’s tail to its body.
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Form The Limbs
First, form the wallaby’s arms with small paws similar to the illustration. Next, draw the wallaby’s legs with longer paws attached as shown.
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Complete The Wallaby Drawing
Let’s complete the wallaby drawing by adding some color! First, use a dark brown crayon to color the paws, nose, the inner parts of the ears, and the tip of its tail. Next, shade the mouth, belly and underside of its tail with a light brown crayon. Then, use a brown crayon to fill in the rest of the wallaby’s body.
How to Draw a Wallaby 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 Wallaby. 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!