To all who love draw animals with pencil, it is recommended to try to depict a wolf step by step. It belongs to the canine family, so it looks like a domestic dog. A wolf is a wild animal, the ferocity of which can be emphasized by the image.
Steps to Draw a Wolf with a Pencil for Beginners
The drawing of a wolf in pencil is done step by step in different ways. The image can be close to reality or cartoonish.
For example, to depict a realistic wolf living in dense forests, you will need to do the following:
- Draw 3 circles.
- Connect the circles with lines.
- Divide the head and mark the eye level.
- Draw the ears.
- Draw the neck.
- Draw the remaining connecting lines.
- Work with the limbs.
- Draw the eyes.
- Draw the muzzle and neck with jagged contours.
- Finish drawing jagged contours on other parts of the body.
- Remove extra lines.
- Apply shadows.
Silhouette of a wolf
Drawing a wolf silhouette consists of the following steps:
| No. | Stage | Description |
| 1 | Creating body contours | This is done using several circles:
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| 2 | Working with lines | It is necessary to draw several lines:
The upper part of these lines, passing downwards, should be slightly rounded. And the lower part of the lines goes straight downwards;
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| 3 | Dividing the head into 2 halves | To do this, a longitudinal rounded line is drawn in the upper circle. It is important that it does not go through the middle, but is slightly shifted to the left. |
| 4 | Working with ears | For this, 2 ears are outlined with edges on one side. |
| 5 | Connecting the head to the body | To make the neck look powerful and large, you need to draw a line starting from the muzzle and going to the nearest circle of the body. The upper line remains, but it should be made more distinct. |
| 6 | Connecting 2 body circles | The upper line drawn earlier remains, but it should become more distinct. Another connecting line is drawn at the bottom. When drawing lines, it is important to remember: the wolf's figure should taper slightly towards the back. |
| 7 | Working with limbs | The front legs should be straight, and the back legs should have a bend. At the same time, all 4 limbs taper downwards with the same smoothness.
At the bottom of the paws, it is important not to forget to draw the animal's toes, represented by several short semicircular lines. |
| 8 | Drawing Stern Eyes | The eyes are close to each other. The previously drawn rounded vertical dividing line should serve as a reference point. It is better to place the eyes at an angle. In this case, the muzzle will acquire an aggressive expression. |
| 9 | Jagged outline | The following contours need to be outlined:
At this stage, you should also draw the claws. |
| 10 | Drawing the back of the body | The edging should be done in the same way as in the case of the front part: the serrated contours are applied selectively. Here they are present on the tail and on the upper part of the limbs. |
| 11 | Correction | It is necessary to remove all unnecessary lines and slightly draw the muzzle, giving it realism. |
| 12 | Shadow casting | They should be present under the muzzle, as well as on the body near the paws. One of the hind legs - the one that is further from the viewer, should also be slightly shaded. |
Wolf's face
You can draw a wolf's head from the front with a pencil step by step as follows:
- Draw an oval that tapers at the top. This will be the shape of the head. There should be 2 lines drawn in this oval – horizontal and vertical. They should intersect in the center.
- Mark the location of the ears on the side with triangles, without going into detail.
- In the middle, draw an elongated cavity and a pear-shaped nose.
- Draw in detail the nose and mouth located at the bottom of the muzzle.
- Draw the eyes above the horizontal line. They should be at the same distance from the vertical line. The wolf's eyes are shaped like a seed.
- Start drawing the ears in detail.
- Mark the growth of hair on the silhouette of the head.
Howling at the Moon
Wolves are pack animals and when hunting they use various deceptive maneuvers to make it easier to catch prey. To attract the attention of their relatives, wolves howl. Scientists have found out that they do this consciously, and not on a reflex level.
The silhouette of a howling wolf looks beautiful, and to depict it, you need to:
- Draw the frontal part of the head so that it is located at an angle.
- Draw a nose and an open mouth under the forehead. The oral cavity should be painted over, leaving the only tooth unpainted.
You also need to paint over the wolf's nose. - Draw a short line slightly to the left of the nose and mouth. This will be a closed eye.
- Draw the ear and neck. If desired, you can apply shadows.
- Sketch the body and draw the snow level.
- Simulate fur with uneven contours. In this case, you should depict the front limb and part of the back.
- After removing all unnecessary lines and depicting snow, shade the area of the animal with a light tone.
- Apply individual strokes of different sizes. They should be located close to each other. In areas that should be darker, more strokes should be applied.
- Finish drawing the moon and darken the sky.
Wolf from the cartoon "Once Upon a Time There Lived a Dog"
Such a wolf can not only live on screens, it can also live on paper. You don’t have to be a professional cartoonist to depict it.
The step-by-step pencil drawing of a wolf from the cartoon "Once Upon a Time There Lived a Dog" has a certain sequence when executed.
| No. | Stage | Description | |
| 1 | Head designation | It is necessary to draw the shape of the head, and then, using thin lines, mark its center and the location of the eyes. To do this, draw 2 lines: one should be horizontal, the other vertical. The eyes should be placed on the horizontal line. Between them there should be a vertical line. | |
| 2 | Drawing eyes | First, you need to draw 2 circles. It is important that their sizes and shapes are different, because that is what the wolf in the cartoon was like. There should be pupils in the center of the eyes. They can be represented by 2 thick dots. | |
| 3 | Drawing a nose | To depict a large wolf nose at the bottom of the head, you need to draw a figure similar to an oval, but differing from it in the presence of wavy lines at the bottom. | |
| 4 | Working on the muzzle | Before this stage, you should remove all auxiliary lines with an eraser. | |
| Mouth | It will be represented by 2 figures similar to a square, but with rounded corners. In the center under them there should be a small semicircle.
A semicircle should be drawn above the nose. As a result, this part of the wolf's body will appear elongated. | ||
| Nose and cheeks | The nose can be painted black. There should be several wavy lines on the wolf's forehead - these are wrinkles.
The character is not the youngest, so wrinkles are a must. On the sides of each eye, you need to draw 1 rounded line. These will be the wolf's cheeks. | ||
| Ears | They can be represented by 2 triangles. In the center of each of them there should be 1 line - from the head to the top of the triangle. The right ear should be slightly shaded on the right, and the left - on the left. | ||
| 5 | Image of the torso | This part of the body of a wolf who has overeaten at the festive table should be the largest.
The body line starts at the bottom of the head on one side of the nose, goes far down, rounds off, comes back and ends at the bottom of the head on the other side of the nose. Overall, the wolf's body should be pear-shaped. | |
| 6 | Working on the shoulders | To depict the shoulders, you need to draw a couple of lines. The line on the right should be longer. It starts from the right side of the head at about eye level, curves and goes down. The line on the left starts near the left cheek and simply goes down to the body. | |
| 7 | Drawing paws and claws |     
You will need to draw not 4, but 3 paws, because the wolf's left upper limb is hidden behind the body. First, you need to draw a paw from the line of the right shoulder. When sitting, the wolf leans on it, so it should be bent at the wrist. It is important not to forget to draw three claws on the paw. The left leg is next to the body. It is positioned so that no extra lines should form. Each paw has 3 claws. | |
| 8 | Complementing the drawing | Draw small details and then color it. Draw whiskers, tail and a stripe on the body that will separate the color of the fur.
Whiskers - several lines under the nose. The short tail is located near the wrist of the right upper limb, and the color line begins near the right leg, smoothly goes up and ends near the head. | |
| 9 | Darkening of gray wool | You need to color the paws, tail, top of the head, top of the nose and that part of the body that is separated by a line drawn specifically for this purpose. The belly should remain uncolored. | |
From "Well, Just You Wait"
The most famous cartoon wolf is the one who constantly repeats the phrase: “Well, just you wait!”
The main thing in his image is his hairstyle, hat and clothes that are recognizable to everyone: a pink shirt with rolled-up sleeves and black flared pants.
The step-by-step drawing of a wolf in pencil in this case will be as follows:
- Draw the outline of the head using the approximate shape of the character's body.
Using thin lines, draw a circle, then draw 2 curved lines that will show the direction of the head. - Draw the eyes, the location of which is determined by the curved lines drawn earlier.
- Draw the wolf's elongated muzzle, nose and mouth.
- Draw the teeth. The upper jaw should have 2 teeth in the front and 2 connected to each other on the side. The lower jaw should have 2 teeth in the front.
- Draw 3 holes on the muzzle near the nose, from which the wolf's whiskers will grow.
- Proceed to create the hare hunter's characteristic casual hairstyle. The head should have 1 ear and a hat, represented by a semicircle with a small triangle coming out of it.
- Finish drawing the body and arms, remembering that the Wolf has only 4 fingers.
- Finish drawing the lower part of the character's body. It is represented by the tail and pants with paws sticking out from under them.
In each cartoon, the wolf character will look different. Animators try not to just draw it with a pencil, but to give it special features, often those that are inherent in a person and not typical for a real wolf. The main thing here is to create a bright, memorable personality, and knowledge of step-by-step drawing helps novice artists.
Video about drawing a wolf
Pencil drawing of a wolf: