How to draw a cat with a pencil step by step | Easy drawing a cat with a pencil

How to draw a cat with a pencil 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

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Draw basic guidelines for a kitten’s face
To start drawing the kitten’s face, lightly draw a circle for the head. I am using a 2B pencil. Then draw a horizontal guide line with a slight curve to reflect the tilt of the head upwards. Then sketch a curved vertical line. Remember, the kitten’s head points to our left. Next, sketch two more curves parallel to the first horizon guide.

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circle and guide for face
Draw the outline of the kitten’s eyes. The last two horizontal lines that I sketched in the last step are intended to help define the upper and lower positions of the eyes. The tricky thing about cat eyes is that they have a sharp diagonal angle from the inner corner to the outer corner. The inner corners of each eye should be aligned with each other between the middle and bottom horizontal guides.

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sketch cat face eyes
We can start drawing the next nose. If necessary, adjust the level of the eye so that the right eye is slightly lower than the left eye, as shown in the reference photo. This way, the bottom of the right eye should be able to align with the top of the kitten’s nose. Sketch a pointed bottom for the nose.

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kitten nose face
Below the nose, draw shapes that form the mouth area. Sketch a line from each side of the nose that curves down. Sketch a vertical line down the middle of the nose and beyond the lower end. Use diagonal lines to connect this midline to each lower end of the mouth area.

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kitten face mouth outline area
We can draw the mouth next. I will draw an open mouth more clearly than the reference. Draw a line for the hole just below the nose. Outline another short line just below that. Then we can start drawing the kitten function.

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under the kitten’s mouth
Complete the outline of the head
Let’s continue to shape the outline of the kitten’s head. Extend the jawline from below the mouth area. Next, start shaping one side of the kitten’s face. I’m not drawing correctly on my circle guide from the very first step. I’m drawing along it instead, because our little kitten’s head is much smaller than our circular guide.

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Draw one side of a kitten’s face
Next, identify the top of the kitten’s head. First, determine the location of the ear. The right ear is aligned slightly to the right of the eye. Note the distance between the eyes and the top of the head. It exposes the top of the head so it is lower. The other ear is in line with the right side of the nose.

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kitten head sketch
Complete the outline of the ear
To draw the outline of the first ear, we marked the starting position of an edge along the head. For the remaining edge of the ear, mark the location of the outer edge of the eye. For the head, mark above the inner corner of the eye. Now we can complete the ear contour by joining the marks.

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outline of a kitten’s ear
Next, we need to find where the other ear will connect. The reference photo shows the edge of the head at a distance from the corner of the eye about two eye-widths apart. The ear itself connects below eye level. The upper end of this ear is slightly lower than the first. Connect the ear at the base and complete one side of the head.

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outline of another kitten’s ears
We no longer need most of these guides, so we can start deleting them now. As you erase, be careful to maintain the contours of the kitten’s face. Very carefully erase the remaining guides inside the kitten’s face contour. Try your best not to erase the outline of the facial features you’ve drawn so far.

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remove kitten face contour
Adding details to the kitten’s eyes
Next, we can start working with the eyes. A kitten has a student very different from a human. Draw a vertical slit slightly to the left of the center but still curved over the kitten’s eyeball. Do the same for the other eye.

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draw the pupils of the kitten’s eyes
Then draw very lightly the outline of the highlights in each eye. There is a main focus in each eye. Both have irregular shapes. The first one cuts the pupil about in half and covers its lower half. The second one is similar but has a slightly different shape.

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draw kitten eyes
Sketch along the inner edge of each eye. Place a rounded edge in the corners to give the eyeball more shape. Lightly cover the eyelids. Shade around the highlights so as not to leave any pencil marks. Then put another layer of shine on the eyes. Make this layer a little darker.

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detailed drawing of a kitten’s face
Shaping nose and feather patterns
Next, start shaping the nose. Define the top edge. Then outline the bottom of the middle line as well as the bottom end. From the bottom of the nose, start drawing lines inward to shape the nostrils. Curve these lines towards the outer edges and back towards the top. Then draw curved lines towards the inside of the nostrils.