This is such an easy tutorial to draw a sheep. You’ll be ready to color this drawing in just a few minutes. I’ve also added lots of ideas for crafts that you can make with this sheep drawing.

This simple technique uses less than 10 steps. To make the drawing of a sheep, we’ll start by drawing the head, then add the body, the legs, and a cute little tail.

WATCH HOW TO DRAW A SHEEP intro video

Scroll to the end for the full video and printable template

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This short tutorial can be done by both digital and traditional methods. This means that you can use a digital drawing tablet or a pencil and paper.

If you’re looking for cartoon animal drawings, then this is a good place to start. Once you’re done, you’ll be able to upload your finished drawing to your cutting machine and cut a template using your simple sheep drawing.

You can print the instructions and the template below. Follow this tutorial and watch the video to learn how to draw a sheep drawing.

It’s easy to make lots of different sheep. Copy and paste or just duplicate the first sheep that you drew and move them around the canvas.

This would be a good idea if you want to make a picture of a farm. Draw a baby chick, a cow, and a few carrots growing in the garden. You can get instructions to draw a really simple cow in this other post.

To personalize your drawing, you can add a name just under the sheep. Here are three ways that you can add text to your drawing.

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How to Draw an Easy Sheep

Let’s start by gathering your materials to draw the sheep.

Drawing Supplies

Digital Drawing Supplies

iPad

Apple pencil

Procreate

Paper Drawing Supplies

Drawing pencil

Drawing Paper

Art markers or Colored Pencils

Light Table for Tracing (optional)

Draw a Sheep Step by Step

Coloring the Sheep Drawing

You’re ready to color your drawing of a sheep.

If you made your drawing in Procreate, then use the color drop method. Make sure that your areas are bounded (that means that they are closed with no gaps).

If you have gaps, draw a line to close the gap. Watch the video to see how I did this.

Next, click on a section of the sheep to fill it with color.

Repeat this process to color in every section of the sheep.

Of course, you can also color the sheep with crayons, color pencils or markers. Like these glitter markers that you can find on Etsy.

Glitter highlighter pen from Gratitude Notebook

Your easy sheep drawing is done. Ready to draw more animals?! You can find lots of quick and easy drawing tutorials right here on my blog.

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Want more easy drawings for starter projects like this? Check out my collection of animal drawings below.

Check out some of these ideas for easy crafts that you can try.

Imagine all of the crafts that you can make with the sheep drawing. You can make lots of fun paper, fabric, leather or vinyl crafts.

If you have a Cricut or Silhouette machine and a heat press, you can make iron-on t-shirts. Of course, you can use scissors to cut out the sheep but a cutting machine will make it even easier.

As you can see, you can take your drawing and put it on tons of physical crafts!

Have you ever wondered how you can turn your hobby into a money-making craft business? Check out my post on 5 great reasons to open a craft shop on Etsy.

Make sure to save this to your favorite drawing board on Pinterest. Click the link below to save it for later.

Feel free to add a photo of your drawing to the pin so that I can see your cute sheep.

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How to Draw a Sheep - Video Tutorial

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You’re going to love this easy tutorial to draw a sheep. You’ll be ready to color this drawing in just about 10 minutes. You’ll also find lots of ideas for crafts that you can make with this sheep drawing.

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

Digital Drawing Supplies
Paper Drawing Supplies

Tools

Digital Drawing Supplies
Procreate software program
Computer
iPad (optional)
Paper Drawing Supplies
Drawing pencil
Drawing Paper
Art markers or Colored Pencils
Light Table for Tracing (optional)

Instructions

I’ll start with the head. Draw a medium-size U shape and a smaller narrow U shape on each side of this.
Draw a curvy cloud-like shape on top of the head, then a bigger cloud-like shape for the body.
Next, draw four rectangles for the legs. Draw a line to make the hooves, then draw an s shape for the tail.
Draw a small circle on the left and a small circle on the right side of the sheep head. Now make a curved line on the inside top corners of each of these circles. Draw an upside-down triangle for the nose and two curved lines for the mouth.
Choose a color from the color wheel and drag and drop it to each section. You can also color it with crayons or markers or color pencils.