The nostrils of the horse are simply two small circles. The foot of a horse is called hoof. Draw some small ovals where the elbows and knees should be. Connect the curve to the body with a straight line. Let's add the head. In this lesson, we used simple steps to make the process very easy to follow. It's not as long as you might expect! Draw a line near the top of each triangle to form the top of each hoof. Let's get started! Head and neck: join the square at the nose to the cheek-circle to form the horse's head. It’s made up of keratin, the same material that makes up the fingernails of humans. In terms of their eyesight, by having their eyes on either side of their head they have all-round vision. The Warmbloods are a mixture of the Hot Blood and the Cold Blood and are used for all the different kinds of riding. Create a basic shape of the forearms and the calves (that's right—the elbow and the knee are higher than you would expect!). Draw an oval for the chest. A horse drawn in this way is never going to be quite realistic because we are drawing the basic 'idea' of a horse, not a real horse. Make it roughly as long as the shoulder. It's very small in horses. The sketch is done, and we can draw the final drawing now. It ends up looking a bit strange and unreal. Add more details to the shape of the calves. You don't need to outline every "muscle"—just make a suggestion that something's there. Draw a curvy line joining the cheek to the neck, making the bottom of the neck-triangle a little fatter too. The neck has many complicated muscles, but we can simplify it: Finally, add the tail. Now add some details to finish your horse or pony drawing. I'm a Polish artist with a long experience in doing useless, but creative things. We will sketch all the steps for us to form a good looking horse drawing through the art video tutorial How to draw a Horse easy. Finish the hooves by drawing a line to 'cut off' the back corner of the triangles. Next, draw the outline or 'contour' onto the basic framework that we've sketched in. The body: square off the horse's chest at the top of the foreleg. Make the standing and floppy ear illustration of the horse … Cut the lower part of the hooves with a slanting line. If not, you can either draw the final lines with a thicker, darker tool, or put a new sheet of paper over the sketch. I picked this video because it was very simple, great for beginners and kids using simple shapes you can draw this Horse. There are some interesting muscles between the mouth and the cheek. This will be the shoulder area. They have very flexible ears, which means that they can direct their ears towards any sound which could be considered a threat. There's a bony protrusion over the cheek—a very important element of a horse's head. The amazing thing about their eyesight is that they can choose between focusing both eyes on one object, or individually focusing each eye on a different object. They also have a very efficient sense of smell which can identify predators who are upwind. It was over 50 million years ago that they first roamed the earth and donkeys and the zebras are their cousins. To begin, we are going to make some guidelines to help us get everything in proportion. The forearm "cuts" very visibly into the arm/shoulder area, and the thigh has a gentle curve on top. On the right a sloping oval for the horse's hindquarters.

To go into more detail, pencils are rated for hardness and softness making use of the HB scale. I participate in some affiliate programs. The ankles should be placed slightly higher than the wrists. Sketch lightly and carefully in the beginning. If not, you can either draw the final lines with a thicker, darker tool, or put a new sheet of paper over the sketch. Step 1 Draw the forehead of the head of the horse by a simple curved line.