Monday, May 26, 2025

Simple Drawing Practice 11: How to Draw a Cool Giraffe Toy

  

Hello new week, art lover! Let’s continue our drawing from the plush toy series designed for absolute beginner artists. Today, we will go through several easy steps to learn how to draw a giraffe. πŸ¦’

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Intro

Do you like drawing giraffes? Can you guess how many steps we will need to complete this drawing? Don’t worry, I guarantee you it is really simple to draw this cool giraffe. πŸ’–

Before diving into the first drawing step, please take a moment to examine our today’s reference photo (plush toy) 😊.

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Reference
Source: Pinterest

Now get your drawing tools (traditional or digital) ready and together, we will figure out how to draw a giraffe.

Step 1: Sketch the overall basic shapes

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 1

Step 2:  Sketch other small shapes

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 2

Step 3: Finish the sketch

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 3

Step 4: Draw outlines

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 4

Step 5: Color the simple background

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 5

Step 6: Apply the yellow color

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 6

Step 7: Apply the orange color

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 7

Step 8: Apply the brown color

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 8

Step 9: Finish the scarf and the face

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 9

Step 10: Color the leaves and finish

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - Step 10


Drawing a cute giraffe is easy, isn’t it? I hope you are happy with the result. And now you know how to draw a giraffe 😍.

Simple Drawing Practice 11 - All steps


There are many more fun and easy beginner-friendly drawing practices waiting for you to try in the Blog Navigation. If you are an absolute beginner artist and don’t know how to start your art journey, the two Blog posts in Drawing Level 0 are worth checking first. 

Playing with colors is also a fun way to build your art foundation. And I am so glad to introduce to you my printable coloring sheets which are available at my Ko-fi shop in this link:

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Check them out and see whether you are interested. It’s my pleasure if these printable coloring sheets can boost your creativity a bit.

Also, if you like to have some references about how to do the coloring, time-lapse drawing videos are good free sources. Here is an example from my YouTube channel:


Thank you so much for drawing with me today. See you again in the next Simple Drawing Practice.

Happy drawing πŸ’–πŸ«Ά✨


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