How to draw a hippo: in pencil, in stages, for children

"Oh, it's hard work / Drag the hippopotamus from the swamp!" - they know this well in Russian-speaking countries. It's hard to argue, because the behemoth weighs from 1.5 to 4.5 tons. But we will not drag him out of trouble, but draw, which is much simpler. If you think that this is too prosaic an animal to be engaged in his portrait, you probably have not heard much from him. Read on, and you will learn not only how to draw a hippopotamus, but also a lot of interesting things about it. After all, despite external good-naturedness, in his homeland the attacks of this animal are as scared as the lion.

Simple and realistic

Now we will show how to draw a hippopotamus with several geometric shapes, without excessive detailing, which makes it a good model for beginners.

1. Draw a circle for the head and a large oval that will be the trunk. The animal has a few unusual proportions: the head is huge, can reach up to a quarter of its weight, and the neck is little pronounced. Try to convey the heaviness and power of the beast - after all, after the elephant is the second largest land animal.
2. Draw the outline of the muzzle and add the legs.
3. Make eyes, nostrils. Do not forget about the wide fleshy eyelids above the eyes. The ears of the animal are small, but very mobile - they drive insects.
4. The hippo has very short legs, while walking the belly is almost dragged along the ground, so do not lengthen them. But this does not prevent him from running at a speed of up to 30 km / h. Draw them, as well as fingers and wrinkles on the trunk.
5. Now move on to the trunk and hind paws.
6. It remains only to add wrinkles on the body, tail and claws on the legs. Erase excess lines and the drawing is ready.

In 5 minutes

Literally with the help of several lines it is possible to draw a hippopotamus in pencil.

1. Let's draw a head.
2. Let's continue the line and make the torso.
3. Draw the jaw.
4. One line draws the front leg and the abdomen of the animal.
5. Add the rest of the paws.
6. The drawing is almost ready: you just need to add ears, eyes, nostrils and a short tail.

Our behemoth turned out to be quite cheerful, but in fact it is one of the most ferocious animals in Africa. He often does not like society, even his relatives, and even more so people. Which, however, is not surprising, because they hunt this animal for the sake of fangs, which cost more than ivory, and meat. Therefore, their population is rapidly decreasing.

How to draw a hippo for children?

For the youngest, you can step back from the real proportions of the animal and make it in a cartoon style.

In fact, this behemoth consists of three ovals and a circle. See for yourself:

1. Draw the basic forms.
2. Now add nostrils, eyes with large eyelids at the very tip of the circle, small oval ears.
3. Draw the mouth: do not hesitate to make it wider and do not forget about teeth.
4. The trunk actually does not require any modifications, but you can not leave your legs in the form of sticks. Since the drawing is simplistic-cartoon, we could draw them simply in the form of rectangles, but it is better to add the extension to the hooves.
5. Add claws, remove unnecessary and paint the picture.

As from the cartoon

If you are thinking how to draw a hippopotamus, similar to a cheerful Gloria from Madagascar, here's a sample. He has the same lush eyelashes and a cheerful look, and with his drawing the preschooler can cope.

1. Draw a central oval, and from it elongated semicircles upwards - for the forehead and downwards - for the jaw.
2. Some circles and curls for the eyelashes - and we have a smiling behemoth.
3. Let's outline the trunk and front paws.
4. We will add hind legs, tail and claws to the animal. Colorize.

We complicate the task

This lesson will be more difficult because we will recede from simple geometric figures and start working with pencils of different hardness.

So, how to draw a hippopotamus in stages in his "classic" posture for magazines about living nature - with a wide open mouth? It may seem that the artist went too far with her image, but in fact this is not the limit. The width of the jaws of the beast is 60-70 cm, and the mouth can open up to an angle of up to 150 degrees.

So, let's get started:

1. Draw an oval similar to a bean, we will outline one part of it with a circle. This is the basis for the trunk. Draw with an ordinary pencil HB, try not to press strongly on the lead.
2. Now make a circle for the head and two ovals with the distance between them, as in the picture. This will be the jaws.
3. Connect the ovals lines, forming the mouth of the animal, do not forget about small eyes and short legs.
4. Draw your ears and teeth. At the beast they are quite intimidating, their number is 36. He uses them not only to chew the grass, but also for digging and defense. But we will limit ourselves to only four large incisors.
5. Make a short tail. Do not forget that the hippo has a lot of weight, and the fat is also enough, so mark the large folds and wrinkles on his body.
6. Erase excess lines.
7. Use a soft pencil B4 or B6 to guide the rhinoceros outlines.
8. Now, shade the picture. The mouth is better to make it lighter, the same goes for the nails.

Now you not only know how to draw a hippopotamus, but also many interesting facts about it. Draw with pleasure.