Mary Allen
In this article, I will show you how to draw pigs. These drawing tutorials are primarily intended for children and beginners and are mainly presented in a comic style or simplified.
Drawing pigs for children and beginners
Pigs are very cute and also smart animals. The funny grunt noises and the simple yet very kid-appealing Peppa Pig series are reasons why my daughter is obsessed with pigs. For this reason, I dedicate this article to a series of pig drawing tutorials.
Different pigs draw examples
In this article, I will again show you a few classic step-by-step instructions for drawing pigs and some drawn examples. These can either be tried out by parents or educators with children or by beginners.
It’s important to me not only to represent the basic sketch as simplified shapes, but I also want whoever wants to trace it to know how to start.
Drawing pigs: sketches
First of all, I have provided a few sample drawings here, because not all pigs are the same. And not all drawings are the same. There are very many stylistic directions; in the comic area alone.
Drawing Pigs: Tutorials
For my tutorials, I chose a mixture of the realistic and the comic-like style, so that as a more experienced draftsman you can become more realistic or comic-like, if you want.
Also, I personally find this style of drawing quite appealing; you’re pretty close to the subject, but not too close so that you don’t feel down because you didn’t get the subject, perspective, or proportions well enough.
I drew my sketches with colored pencils based on a photo template (my Instagram followers will remember).
Pig looks up
As a first drawing guide, I will show you how to draw this little pig cutely looking up.
It’s easiest to start with a circle for the head. Here I added the snout and the chest. Then I have the actual body, with an attached oval shape, and hinted thighs in front.
In the fourth step, I then added the rear thighs and the first details on the head. Then I completed my sketch.
If you worked with a pencil, you can now cleanly rework your sketch and erase the auxiliary lines.
Draw a cute little pig
This cute little piggy starts again at the head with the classic circle. A circle is also used for the trunk and the neck is again an oval at the back of the head. Here, too, I added another half oval to the body and added contours to the snout and ears to the pig.
In step four, the legs were added again. Again, I complete my sketch by adding more details to the head and legs.
Draw a sitting pig
This sitting pig also starts at the head, this time a slight oval shape. This time I drew the nose as a triangle with rounded corners. But the neck is again half an oval on the head.
In the third picture, I indicated the trunk and sketched the front thighs. The legs and the head were then further worked out by me. The body is now tilted downwards since the pig is sitting. Finally the face and the back leg, which lies on the ground behind the front legs.
An eating sow
In this drawing guide, I show a standing sow eating and viewed from the side.
Again, I start with the head as a circle and at the same time add a line that indicates the bottom. The neck, thighs, and bottom are sketched in proportion to the head and then connected to each other in the next step – a little imagination is required here.
Here the trunk touches the ground and the ears are slightly tilted forward. Since it is a sow, various seats have been added to the belly. The legs and the curly tail are indicated.
Draw a standing pig
In my last drawing guide, you see a standing pig from the side again. This time it is looking forward boldly and has raised one of its front legs.
As usual, I start with the head again, add the buttocks, then I circle the face in the head and add the neck. In step, I connect the individual elements again and indicate the nose.
Then I connect the nose to the head and continue with the legs. Finally, the face is drawn in.