Drawing Zodiac Signs. How to draw with a pencil step by step for beginners

Zodiac signs are an interesting and instructive topic for drawing. Every child sooner or later asks about the meaning of the horoscope and wants to know what each star sign looks like. Drawing them is not difficult at all, and even a toddler can handle it.

Drawings of Zodiac Signs in Pencil

There are many options for how to draw the signs of the Zodiac with a pencil. Here are some of them.

Pencils, paper and supplies

You can draw the Zodiac Signs with both regular colored pencils and felt-tip pens. You will need thick A4 paper and an eraser. For younger children, it is recommended to use pencils with a triangular shell shape, which will allow the child to hold the pencil firmly in his hand.

The presence of edges on the pencil shell will prevent them from rolling off the table while drawing. The pencil lead should be wide enough (at least 4 mm) and strong. Since small children cannot control the pressure on the pencil sufficiently, if the lead is too thin, the pencils will often break. When choosing pencils for drawing, it is necessary to consider the softness of their lead.

The different types of rod softness are shown in the following table:

Pencil type	Properties of the lead	Drawing objects
H (hard)	High rigidity. When drawing, the lines are even and clear, and are not subject to smudging.	Used for drawing outlines of drawings and initial sketches. Also used in drafting.
HB (hard-soft)	Medium hardness. When drawing, the lines are smooth and slightly smeared.	Used for drawing artistic pictures and also for applying inscriptions. Suitable for writing and drawing.
B (soft)	Low degree of hardness. When drawing, the lines have a pronounced saturated color and do not have clear boundaries. Easily smeared on the surface of the sheet, and also easily erased with an eraser.	Used to fill the background in artistic drawings, as well as to color individual parts of a drawing or decorations.

There are several types of pencil lead:

• classical;
• watercolor;
• pastel;
• wax.

When buying pencils for children, it is enough to limit yourself to classic or watercolor type pencils.

Album sheets for drawing should have a high degree of density to protect the drawings from bending and accidental damage in the event of awkward movements of the child while drawing.

Aries

How to draw Zodiac Signs can be found in various online drawing tutorials.

Drawing Aries consists of the following steps:

1. Using a ruler and pencil, draw an auxiliary horizontal line 5 cm long, and then mark its middle.
2. Turn the ruler at an angle of 90° to the horizontal line and draw another auxiliary line 3 cm high through its center.
3. Draw an oval, the outline of which should pass through the points located at the ends of the auxiliary lines.
4. Along the contour of the oval, depict small semicircles, convex outwards, which should be connected to each other. As a result, you will get the body of the ram (like a cloud). Then, inside the body, you need to depict several more small semicircles, evenly distributed inside the body.
5. Fix the pencil in the upper left part of the body contour and draw an auxiliary oval, located at an angle of 45° to the vertical and 2 times smaller than the body. Then, inside the lower area of ​​the auxiliary oval, draw a muzzle, like a small semi-oval narrowed downwards.
6. Connect the upper part of the auxiliary oval with the muzzle along the edges, and erase the remaining lower part of the outer oval with an eraser. As a result, you will get the outline of the ram's head.
7. In the upper part of the head, draw an oval, the outline of which should be designed like small semicircles, convex outward and connected to each other. Then, in the center of the head, draw 2 eyes like rings. Inside the eyes, in their left area, draw pupils.
8. In the lower area of ​​the muzzle, draw the nostrils like an arc parallel to the lower area of ​​the head contour. Then, from the center of this arc, draw a line to the lower edge of the head contour.
9. Draw horns like croissants on the left and right sides of the upper part of the head.
10. On the left and right, under the body, draw legs like long curved rectangles.
11. Draw square hooves in the lower area of ​​the legs.
12. To the right of the body, draw a tail like a cloud.
13. Fill the body, tail and top of the head with beige.
14. Fill the muzzle with light brown and the horns with dark brown.
15. Fill the legs with dark brown and the hooves with grey.
16. Draw the Aries sign under the picture like a curved check mark, and then fill it with green.

Taurus

To draw Taurus you need to do the following steps:

1. Using a ruler, draw an auxiliary rectangle measuring 5x4 cm, then round off its corners. Erase the remaining areas of the rectangle's sharp corners with an eraser. The result will be the body of the little body.
   
2. In the upper left area of ​​the body, draw a head like a pear, located at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing. The lower part of the head should be 2 times larger than its upper area.
3. Draw a blotch-like fur on the top of the head, and a semicircle in the lower area of ​​the muzzle. Then draw 2 round eyes, in the upper right area of ​​which add pupils.
4. To the left and right of the upper area of ​​the head, draw large and wide horns that resemble elongated and curved triangles.
5. On the left and right under the body, draw legs like elongated trapezoids, tapering downwards. Then, at the bottom of each leg, draw a horizontal segment that limits the hoof.
6. To the right of the body, draw a tail like an upward curved arc, with a tassel at the end.
7. Draw spots on the body and muzzle that resemble curved rectangles.
8. Fill the body and muzzle with pink and the spots with burgundy.
9. Fill the rings and the fur on the head with orange.
10. Fill the horns and hooves with brown.
11. Above the drawing, depict the Taurus sign, which consists of a ring and an arc located above it. Then fill the star sign with blue.

Twins

Children don’t know how to draw the Zodiac Signs, so they ask their parents to help.

To draw Gemini you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw the outline of the head like a ring.
2. Above the upper part of the head outline, draw a hairstyle similar to the letter M. The thickness of the hairstyle should be 2 times smaller than the size of the head. The head together with the hairstyle should be drawn at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing.
3. Draw the eyes as small rings, in the center of which draw thick dots (pupils).
4. Just below the eyes, in the middle of the face, draw a nose in the form of a small notch, and under it draw a smiling mouth like an arc.
5. Draw the neck and body as a rectangle, then erase the corners of the body outline with an eraser.
6. To the upper area of ​​the body, on the left and right, draw arms like long curved ovals. The left arm should be curved upwards, and the right arm should be curved downwards. At the end of each arm, inside the outer area of ​​its outline, draw fingers like a row of half rings, connected to each other and located horizontally.
7. Fix the pencil in the upper left part of the body contour and draw an arc directed towards the lower right area of ​​the body. Then, without lifting the pencil, draw a vertical line down, the length of which should be 2 times less than the height of the body. After that, draw a semicircle, convex downwards, and then draw a vertical line to the upper left area of ​​the body. The result will be ancient Greek clothing.
8. Under the body on the left, draw the first leg like a long rectangle, located at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing.
9. Under the body on the right, draw the second leg like a long rectangle, curved in the middle to the right at an angle of 90°.
10. At the end of the legs, draw sandals that resemble trapezoids.
11. The result will be a drawing of a running boy.
12. To the right of the boy, depict his copy of the same size.
13. Fill the body and face of the first boy with dark beige, and fill the body and face of the second boy with light beige.
14. Fill the first boy's hair and sandals with dark brown, and the second boy's hair and sandals with light brown.
15. Fill the first boy's clothes with blue and fill the second boy's clothes with green.
16. Below the drawing, depict the Gemini sign, which consists of two parallel horizontal arcs directed in opposite directions and connected by two vertical stripes.
17. Fill the star sign in blue.

Cancer

To draw Cancer you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw an equilateral triangle, one of the vertices of which should be directed strictly downwards.
   
2. Erase the corners of the triangle with an eraser and then round them off. The result will be the body of the crab.
3. To the left and right of the body, depict 4 small paws resembling elongated tubes curved downwards.
4. Starting from the upper left area of ​​the body outline, draw the base of the claw like a tube, pointing left and up at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing.
5. From the base of the claw, draw a large rectangle with rounded corners, directed to the right at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing. Then draw the grasping part of the claw to this rectangle, like two elongated rectangles with pointed ends. The result will be the left claw. Then you need to draw the right claw in the same way.
6. From the upper area of ​​the body, draw 2 parallel stripes directed upwards. Then, at the ends of the stripes, draw eyes like small rings, in the center of which draw pupils.
7. Color the crab red and its eyes yellow.
8. Above the drawing, depict the sign of cancer, which consists of two figures, each of which is a ring and an arc emanating from it.
9. Paint the star sign green.

Lion

You can learn how to draw the Zodiac Signs from your drawing teacher at school.

To draw a Lion, you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw a ring (lion's mane), 5 cm in diameter.
2. Inside the ring, draw a lion's head like a light bulb, with the wide side facing up. At the bottom of the head, draw a muzzle like 4 rings connected to each other. The upper circle of the muzzle is the nose, which should be in the middle. It must be filled with black.
3. On the left and right above the head, draw ears like small rings with stripes inside.
4. Draw the eyes as rings.
5. Draw wavy lines from the outline of the mane towards the outline of the head.
6. Below the mane, draw the body like a curved oval.
7. Below the left area of ​​the body, draw 2 vertical stripes (legs), at the end of which draw feet like half rings.
8. Below the right area of ​​the body, draw a large semicircle, convex upwards, and to the left of it, draw a foot like a small semicircle.
9. Fix the pencil in the lower right area of ​​the body and draw a curved line (tail) directed upwards. Then, at the tip of the tail, draw a small ring, inside which draw several wavy lines.
10. Fill the mane and tip of the tail with orange.
11. Fill the head and body with yellow.
12. To the left of the drawing, draw a lion sign, which consists of a ring and a curved line like the letter S coming out of it.
13. Fill the star sign with blue.

Virgo

To draw this star sign you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw the outline of the head like an onion. Then draw a large oval around the head directed vertically downwards. Draw half rings with pointed ends on the left and right below this oval. The result will be hair.
   
2. Draw the eyes as small rings and the smiling mouth as an arc. Then, in the upper right area of ​​the eyes, draw the pupils.
3. Draw the neck, then draw the body as a curved rectangle pointing downwards. In the lower area of ​​the body, draw a horizontal sawtooth line that will indicate the lower part of the dress.
4. In the left and right upper areas of the body, draw small rings (dress hangers).
5. Starting from the left and right upper areas of the body, draw the arms like elongated triangles pointing to the sides.
6. In the left hand depict a sickle, and in the right hand depict an ear of wheat.
7. To the left of the body, draw a chair in the shape of a rectangle.
8. Draw the legs in the shape of the Latin letter L. The thickness of the legs should be slightly greater than the thickness of the arms.
9. Fill the face, arms and legs with beige and the hair with yellow.
10. Fill the dress with green and the bottom of the dress and the chair with blue.
11. Fill the sickle with blue and the wheat ear with brown.
12. To the right of the drawing, depict the sign of Virgo, which is the Latin letter m, with a downward curved line added to the right side.
13. Fill the star sign with green.

Scales

How to draw Zodiac Signs is an interesting topic for drawing.

To draw scales you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw a ring with a diameter of 1 cm, and then draw another ring with a diameter of 0.8 cm inside it.
2. Draw a vertical tube 1 cm long under the ring, and a horizontal tube 4 cm long under it. Then, at the junction of the two strips, draw a ring, in the center of which draw a thick dot with a red pencil.
3. On the edges of the horizontal strip, depict flower buds consisting of 5 petals.
4. Draw isosceles triangles under the left and right edges of the strip, and draw scale pans like half rings under the base.
5. On the left side of the scale, depict the upper part of the cat's muzzle.
6. On the right side of the scale, depict only the cat's ears.
7. Fill the ring with orange and the stripes and scale pans with yellow.
8. Fill the flower petals with green and fill their central part with red.
9. fill the cats with gray.
10. Below the drawing, depict the sign of the scales, the upper part of which consists of a semicircle and two horizontal lines along its edges, and the lower part is a horizontal line parallel to the upper area of ​​the sign.
11. Fill the star sign with blue.

Scorpion

To draw this star sign you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw an oval in a vertical position (the body of a scorpion).
   
2. In the upper area of ​​the body, depict eyes like small rings, and from the upper area of ​​the body outline, depict a mouth like two triangles with an acute angle pointing upward.
3. Inside the body, draw several arched lines parallel to the lower area of ​​the oval and located at a small distance from each other.
4. To the left and right of the body, depict 4 small paws resembling elongated tubes curved downwards.
5. Starting from the upper left area of ​​the body outline, depict the base of the left claw as a tube pointing to the left and upwards at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing.
6. From the base of the claw, draw the claw itself in the shape of a sickle.
7. Draw the right claw in the same way as the left claw.
8. Draw a tail below the body, like small ovals connected to each other. The tail should look like an arc directed to the right. Then, at the end of the tail, draw a sting.
9. Fill the scorpion with dark blue.
10. To the right of the drawing, depict the sign of Scorpio, which is the Latin letter m, on the right side of which a line curved to the right with an arrow at the end is added.
11. Fill the star sign with red color.

Sagittarius

To draw Sagittarius you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw a ring (head outline) with a diameter of 2 cm. Then erase a small part of the outline on the left and right with an eraser, then draw a round nose on the left and an ear on the right.
   
2. In the upper part of the head, draw a hairstyle similar to the letter G, turned to the left.
3. Draw a round eye with a pupil inside.
4. Under the head, draw a body similar to a rectangle and an oval attached to it on the left, located horizontally.
5. Fix the pencil in the area of ​​the left shoulder and depict the first arm as an elongated oval 3 cm long, directed to the left and located horizontally.
6. Fix the pencil in the area of ​​the right shoulder and depict the second hand as an elongated oval 1 cm long, directed to the left and located on the same line to the right of the first hand.
7. Draw the battle bow as an arc perpendicular to the first arm and passing through the left end of its outline.
8. From the upper and lower edges of the bow, draw two lines (the bowstring), connecting at the left end of the second arm contour. Then you need to draw an arrow perpendicular to the bow arc and pointing to the left.
9. Under the left part of the body, draw 2 hind legs like columns curved to the left.
10. Under the left part of the body, draw 2 front legs like columns curved to the right.
11. Draw square hooves at the bottom of the legs.
12. To the left of the body, draw a tail like a curved broom.
13. Inside the lower area of ​​the body, draw spots similar to small ovals.
14. Fill the head and upper body with yellow.
15. Fill the hair, tail and hooves with brown.
16. Fill the bow and arrow with green.
17. Fill the bottom of the body with blue.
18. Under the drawing, depict the sign of the archer, which is an arrow pointing to the right and upward at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing. In the middle of the arrow, depict a small line perpendicular to the arrow.
19. Fill the star sign with yellow.

Capricorn

To draw this star sign you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw the head like a pear turned 180° (its wide part should be located on top).
   
2. Draw the body as a pear turned 90° to the right, the size of which should be 3 times larger than the head.
3. Above the head, draw horns that resemble upward-extended triangles.
4. To the left and right of the upper area of ​​the head outline, draw ears like semi-ovals with notches inside.
5. In the central area of ​​the head, depict 2 eyes like rings, in the upper right area of ​​which depict the pupils.
6. In the lower part of the head, draw a nose like an arc, convex downwards. Then, under the nose, draw a mouth like an arc, convex upwards. After that, you need to connect these two arcs with a vertical segment.
7. On the left under the body, draw 3 legs like vertical columns.
8. On the right side, under the body, draw 1 leg like a column curved to the left.
9. Draw square hooves under each leg.
10. To the right of the body, draw a fish tail, inside which draw several lines parallel to its outline.
11. Inside the right area of ​​the body, depict fish scales like small diamonds.
12. Fill the head, body and legs with grey.
13. Fill the horns with yellow and the tail, hooves and scales with green.
14. Above the drawing, depict the sign of Sagittarius, which consists of the Latin letter n and a ring attached to the right area of ​​the letter.
15. Fill the star sign with red color.

Aquarius

To draw Aquarius you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw the head as a square with rounded corners.
   
2. Above the head, depict a hairstyle like a curved cloud. Then, to the left and right under the hairstyle, depict ears like half rings.
3. Draw the eyes as rings, with pupils in the center. Then draw a smiling mouth as an arc.
4. Draw a short neck like a rectangle, and underneath it draw a body like a rectangle with rounded corners at the top.
5. Fix the pencil in the upper left area of ​​the body contour and draw an arc directed towards the lower right area of ​​the body. Then, without lifting the pencil, draw a vertical line down, the length of which should be 2 times less than the height of the body. After that, draw a horizontal line to the left, and then draw a vertical line to the upper left area of ​​the body. The result will be ancient Greek clothing.
6. Starting from the right shoulder of the body, draw a hand like an elongated rectangle directed to the left. Then, at the end of the hand outline, draw fingers.
7. Perpendicular to the hand, depict an inverted jug located behind the hand, and under the jug, depict water pouring out of it like wavy parallel lines.
8. Under the body, depict the legs as columns stretched downwards, and at the bottom of the legs, depict the feet as rectangles stretched to the left.
9. Fill the head, body and arms with beige.
10. Fill the hairstyle with yellow.
11. Paint the clothes blue and the jug burgundy.
12. Colour the water blue.
13. Above the drawing, depict the sign of Aquarius as two wavy parallel lines.
14. Fill the star sign with blue.

Fish

To draw this star sign you need to do the following steps:

1. Draw the body of the fish as an oval with pointed ends and located at an angle of 45° relative to the vertical of the drawing.
   
2. Inside the lower left area of ​​the oval, draw a head like a circle with a pointed end. Then inside the head, draw a small round eye, and in its center, draw a round pupil.
3. Draw scales inside the body like small diamonds.
4. Above the body, depict a large fin resembling a petal, and below the body, place 3 small fins of the same shape.
5. At the end of the body, draw a tail like 2 large curved petals.
6. Inside the fins and tail, draw several curved lines parallel to their outline.
7. Fill the body of the fish with yellow and the fins and tail with orange.
8. Draw exactly the same fish under the drawn fish, but turned 180°.
9. Between the fish, depict a star sign, which is two parallel vertical arcs curved towards each other, and a third arc located horizontally in the center of the sign.
10. Fill the star sign with green.

 

Drawing zodiac signs is not only fun, but also educational. Both adults and school-age children can easily draw them.

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