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How to Draw a Horse for Dummies

Horses look like complicated subjects, but by breaking them down into basic geometrical shapes, even the most inexperienced artist can draw a horse. In fact, it's important for an artist to be able to break a complex subject into basic parts. So whether your ultimate goal is trying to draw a horse or some other complicated, overwhelming subject, this skill is especially useful. And practicing drawing horses is just one way to develop this skill.

Instructions

    • 1

      Draw a horizontal oval for the body of the horse. Above the body, at one end, draw a smaller horizontal oval for the head. The oval of the head should be only about a third of the size of the body and should be about as far above the body as the body is high.

    • 2

      Draw two lines from the body to the head, connecting the two shapes. This is the neck.

    • 3

      Draw a triangle on top of the head of the horse, pointing up, at the back of the head near the neck. This is the ear.

    • 4

      Draw four long rectangles, like table legs, protruding from the bottom of the body of the horse. Two should be a the front, two should be at the back. They should be of equal length. These are the legs.

    • 5

      Draw several long lines, starting at the rear of the horse and hanging half way to the ground. These lines represent the tail of the horse.

    • 6

      Draw a football shaped eye in the middle of the head, toward the back, not far from the ear. Fill in the eye so it is dark.

    • 7

      Draw a circular nostril toward the front of the face, near the top.

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