How to Draw an Easy Spider

1. Begin the easy spider outline by drawing a large circle. This will form the spider's abdomen. Then, draw two partial ovals below it. These form the spider's thorax.

2. Next, draw the spider's eyes. Draw two large ovals inside the lowest oval. Then, draw two smaller ovals inside each, and shade around them.

3. Use curved lines to enclose two rounded triangle shapes below the face. These are the spider's chelicerae or mouthparts. From the middle oval, extend pairs of parallel lines on each side. These begin the spider's eight legs.

4. Attach each pair of lines at the end, then extend another pair of lines at an opposite angle from each. This forms the next segment of the leg. Then, connect each pair again and draw a smaller segment.

5. Extend two more pairs of long, parallel lines, just above the first pairs. From the ends of the lines, extend lines at a different angle, forming the next leg segment.

6. Band the leg joints with short lines and enclose the short "foot" segments. Then, draw two more pairs of lines above the previous pairs.

7. Connect the lines and draw the next segments, this time working up instead of down. Draw another pair of lines just above the previous pair.

8. Connect the lines and draw the next two leg segments. Draw a mirror image of this final leg on the remaining side.

9. Use curved lines that meet at jagged points to draw a pattern on the abdomen. Then draw a straight line from the top of the abdomen to the edge of the page. This is the web the spider is hanging from.

Your easy spider outline is now complete. Color your cartoon spider. Arachnids come in a range of colors. Many are brown, but they can also be black, white, green, red, orange, yellow, and other colors.