How to Draw a Cartoon Wolf

1. Begin the cartoon wolf outline by drawing its eyes. Use curved lines to enclose the curved triangle shapes.

Inside each eye, enclose a series of successively smaller circles. Shade between the two smallest, forming the pupil.

2. Sketch the canine’s face. Use curved lines to contour above the eyes. Enclose the rounded triangle shape of the nose and the “W” shape of the lips below it.

Use curved lines for the lower lip and at the corners of the mouth.

3. Use curved lines that meet at jagged points to draw the furry sides of the face.

4. Next, draw the ears. Use curved lines to enclose the triangular shapes. Connect the ears, enclosing the top of the head.

Draw another curved line across each ear, then use a series of lines that meet at jagged points to enclose its furry interior.

5. Draw the fur of the wolf’s chest. Use a series of curved lines that meet at jagged points to enclose the inverted triangle shape. Texture the fur with short curved lines.

6. Draw the wolf’s leg. Use long curved lines for the sides of the leg. At the elbow, use short lines that meet at jagged points.

At the bottom of the leg, enclose the toes and paw using overlapping curved lines.

7. Draw the remaining foreleg, a mirror image of the first. Use long curved lines for the sides of the leg. At the elbow, use short lines that meet at jagged points.

At the bottom of the leg, enclose the toes and paw using overlapping curved lines.

8. Draw the rear legs. First, use a series of overlapping curved lines to draw the toes.

Then, extend curved lines from the shoulder to the toes to enclose the legs. Finally, draw a short line connecting the front legs.

9. Draw the wolf’s fluffy tail. Use curved lines that meet at jagged points.

Your cartoon wolf outline is now complete. Color your feisty character.

We’ve shaded our example in gray and white. Wolves can also be solid black or white, or grey mixed with black, white, brown, or reddish-brown.