How To Draw A Bat with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Easy animals to draw for beginners and kids.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Step 1
For the first step in learning how to draw a bat, we’ll start with a small circle.
The circle doesn’t have to be perfect, and using a slightly torn line for the circle will make your bat look a bit hairy.
Be sure to leave a small gap in the circle in the same spot as in the reference image!
Step 2
Draw in the bat’s ear
Once you have the bat head drawing, you can add pointy bat ears to it.
To do this, just draw in two lines with two curved lines going down from them as you can see in the picture.
Step 3
Next, draw at the top of the left wing
Now that you have the head and ears of the bat drawing, you can start drawing on the first wing. Following the reference image will be very helpful for this stage!
Going slowly and carefully, draw in the frame of the wing as you can see in the picture. You will use a combination of straight and curved lines to do this.
It can get a bit complicated, so no need to rush!
If you’re having trouble with this step, you can draw with a light pencil first before moving on to an ink pen.
Step 4
Now draw on the opposite wing
You’ve already drawn in the first wing of the bat drawing, so now all you need to do is create a mirror image of the wing on the opposite side.
Just copy exactly what you did in step 3 but reversed and you’ll have both wing frames in no time!
Step 5
Next you will add the bottom of the wings
With the wing frames drawn in, you can now add the webbed bottoms of the wings.
To do this, just add some curves between the points of the wing frame as you can see in the picture.
Once you’ve added the webbed parts of the wings, you can add a small line for the bottom of your bat’s body.
Step 6
Next you will add some pins
You’re almost done with your bat drawing at this stage, so over the next few steps we’ll add finishing touches and some final elements.
For the sixth step in this how to draw a bat tutorial, we’ll be adding the bat’s legs.
Using some curves and points just draw at the small pins with a bit of sharp claw at the end of them as you can see in the picture.
Once you’ve completed the legs, you can draw a spike below them to represent the bottom of the wing.
Step 7
Now draw in the bat’s face
For this next step we will add a cute face to your bat drawing. Using circles and some smaller lines, you can first add some eyes to your bat along with a little nose and mouth.
You can stick to the picture and try to paint it that way, but you can also get creative with the look and feel of your bat drawing.
After the face is drawn inwards, you can then draw the inner ear of the bat’s ear.
Step 8
Add the final details
Your bat drawing is almost done now! All that is needed now is to add some small lines to the soft parts like the skin of the wing to make it look like the skin is stretched between the frames of the wing.
With that final set of details, we’ll perfect your amazing bat drawing in the next step!
Step 9
Now finish it with some color
To complete your amazing bat drawing, all it needs now is a little color! This is where you can really show off your artistic skills and let your imagination run wild.
