How to Draw an Easy Cartoon Beaver

1. Begin the cartoon beaver outline by drawing the animal’s face. First, use curved lines to make an irregular, inverted triangle - the beaver’s nose. Extend curved lines from each side of the nose to form the beaver’s cheeks. Enclose an oval-shaped eye atop each cheek.

2. Inside each eye, enclose an oval within an oval. Shade between them to indicate the dark pupils. Draw a curved line above each eye to indicate the eyebrows. Below the nose, draw a curved “W” shaped line to form the beaver’s upper lip. Then, extend an “L” shaped line below it to begin outlining the rectangular tooth.

3. Use a series of straight lines to enclose the rectangular shape of the beaver’s remaining buck tooth. Then, use curved lines to draw the beaver’s cheeks. Use “C” shaped lines, overlapping the cheeks, to form the ears.

4. Draw a smaller “C” shaped line inside each ear to contour them. Between the ears, draw a tuft of fur using a squiggly line. Connect it to the ears using curved lines. Then, draw the beaver’s shoulder and arm using a series of overlapping curved lines.

5. Use a series of “U” shaped lines to enclose the character’s waving hand. Then, use overlapping curved lines to draw the remaining shoulder and arm.

6. Enclose the body and the tops of the legs using a series of long, overlapping curved lines. Use overlapping “U” shaped lines to enclose the remaining forepaw.

7. Draw the beaver’s webbed rear feet. Use “U” shaped lines for the toes, and connect them with short lines.

8. Complete the “U” shaped toes of the remaining foot, and connect the toes with short lines. Then, enclose the beaver’s large, paddle-shaped tail using a long curved line.

9. Texture the tail by drawing a crosshatched pattern of curved lines across it.

Your easy cartoon beaver outline is now complete. Color your cute character. Beavers are brown or gray in color. We’ve used several shades of brown in our example - dark brown for the tail and extremities, brown for the fur, and tan for the belly and muzzle.