How to Draw an Egyptian Cat

1. Begin the Egyptian cat outline sketching the cat’s face in profile. Use a series of slightly curved lines to draw the triangular ear, bulging brow, snout, and lower jaw. Detail inside the ear with a curved “V” shaped line.

2. Use a “V” shaped line to enclose the triangle shape of the remaining ear. Then, draw a “C” shape around the bottom of the nearest ear, indicating an earring. Sketch the eye, with its extended corners and shaded circular pupil. Contour the eyelid and base of the head with curved lines. Then, use thick lines to draw the decorations below the eye.

This is called the eye of Horus, the eye of Ra, the wedjat eye, or the udjat eye. In the Egyptian religion, it symbolized “well-being, healing, and protection.”

3. Use curved lines to draw the cat’s neck. Then, enclose an irregular trapezoid shape to form a collar. Draw a narrow trapezoid dangling from the front of the collar, with a half-circle enclosed in front of it.

4. Use overlapping curved lines to draw the cat’s chest and its long foreleg. Note the contours of the shoulder and elbow.

5. Extend another long curved line to indicate the remaining foreleg. Then, use curved lines to draw the toes of the paw.

6. Use overlapping curved lines to draw the belly, seated rear leg, and paw. Indicate the toes using short lines.

7. Use a long curved line to draw the cat’s back. Then, detail the back of the rear leg using shorter curved lines.

8. Decorate the collar with a series of parallel lines. Draw inverted triangles below the bottom line. Then, extend a pair of “S” shaped lines from the lower back and allow them to meet at a sharp point. This forms the cat’s tail.

9. Complete your Egyptian cat outline by drawing a base or pedestal for the statue. Enclose three narrow rectangles, with the upper and lower being slightly longer than the middle shape.

Color your cartoon Egyptian cat. We’ve shaded ours black with a gold collar and jewelry.