How to Draw a Horse: Easy Step-by-Step for Kids
How to draw a horse in 10 easy steps
A horse sounds hard to draw, but this one is built the easy way: a rounded head with a little ear, one long swooping back, four simple stick-straight legs, and then the fun parts, a wavy mane and a flowing tail. No tricky joints or hooves to worry about, it is a friendly chunky pony from the very first line.
Follow the ten steps below on paper, or tap "Draw it live" and DrawAlong will guide each line on screen, checking every stroke as you go.
How to draw a horse, step by step
1Draw the head and neck, with a little ear on top
Start with the head and neck: a soft rounded nose on the left, up and over the forehead with a little pointy ear, then back down the neck.
2Draw the long back, from the neck to the round bottom
From the top of the neck, draw one long line sweeping right for the back, curving down around a big round bottom.
3Draw the tummy line under the body
Draw the tummy: a line under the body from the chest all the way back, curving up to meet the bottom.
4Draw the first front leg
Draw the first front leg: straight down from the tummy, a rounded hoof at the bottom, and straight back up.
5Draw the other front leg right next to it
Draw the other front leg right next to it, just the same.
6Draw the first back leg
Now the first back leg, under the round bottom: down, around, and up.
7Draw the other back leg under the bottom
Add the other back leg beside it. Your horse can stand up now!
8Draw the flowing tail
Draw the flowing tail: a long curvy leaf shape hanging from the back.
9Draw the wavy mane along the neck
Draw the wavy mane along the top of the neck, like little bumpy waves.
10Draw a little round eye
Finish with a small round eye near the nose. Hello, horse!
Time to color!
Try a brown body with a dark brown mane and tail, or go for a gray pony, a black eye, and a green grass background with the background bucket.
In the live version, coloring is tap-to-fill: pick a color, tap a part, done.
Frequently asked questions
- Is a horse too hard for young kids to draw?
- Not this one. Real horses have tricky legs and joints, so this version keeps every leg as one simple up-and-down line and makes the body big and chunky. Kids around 4 to 8 can finish it, and younger ones may just want a hand on the first long back line.
- What if the lines come out wobbly?
- Wobbly is fine! In the live mode, DrawAlong checks each stroke gently and gives plenty of room, so a bumpy back or a crooked leg still counts. Wobbly horses have lots of personality.
- What do we need to get started?
- On paper, just a pencil or crayon. For the guided version, DrawAlong runs free in any web browser on a tablet, phone, or computer, and drawing with a finger or stylus both work great.
Draw this horse live, right now
DrawAlong guides every line on screen, cheers your child on, and the picture always comes out great.
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