How to Draw an Easy Mouse

1. Begin the easy mouse outline by drawing the face. First, draw a curved line. Then, draw an oval with two small circles inside. Shade between the shapes to form the eye.

2. Draw the ear using a "C" shaped line, allowing an overlap with the line of the face. Draw a small circle to form the nose.

3. Use curved lines to detail inside the ear and to enclose the remaining ear. From the nose, draw a curved line to form the mouth.

4. From the mouth, extend another curved line to form the mouse's neck. Contour the jaw with curved lines.

5. Use curved lines to draw the mouse's front leg and paw. Draw short lines at the top of the paw to indicate the edge of the fur.

6. Extend a long curved line from the side of the ear to form the mouse's back.

7. Continue drawing the long curved line, allowing it to spiral back on itself. This outlines the hip of the rear leg. Connect the hip to the front leg using a curved line, simultaneously completing the mouse's belly.

8. Use overlapping curved lines to sketch the rear paw.

9. Draw the mouse's long, hairless tail. From the back of the animal, extend a pair of long, basically parallel curved lines. At the tip, allow the lines to converge into a sharp point.

Your cartoon mouse outline is nose complete. Color your drawing. Mice come in a range of colors. Laboratory mice are solid white with pink noses, ears, feet, and tails. Wild mice are often black, gray, brown, or brown with white stripes.