How to Draw Human-Like Wolves

Werewolves are mythical half-man, half-wolf creatures that stalk the night beneath the light of a full moon, searching for prey with which to quench their thirst for blood. Drawing these creatures doesn't have to be difficult. Find out how you can bring the werewolf in your mind alive on paper.

Things You'll Need

• Pencil Paper Guide photo

Instructions

1. 

   Decide whether you want to draw a full-body human-like wolf or just the face. If you plan to draw the entire body, you want to draw a human form posed in a wild, animal-like pose. Draw your human squatting with his hands flat on the ground in front of him, or something to that general effect. The wild pose will lend authenticity to the finished drawing. If you're a beginning artist, try starting with just the face.

2. Always begin drawing the empty space. Look at your guide drawing and draw the space around it. You'll start with the basic outside lines of your human. Use light, broad pencil strokes to achieve the shape of your human. Once the general shapes are in place, it's time to refine the drawing a little. Lightly draw the eyes and nose. Draw the mouth slightly open, keeping the lips thin. Do not draw teeth at this point.

3. 

   Begin the transformation to part wolf by adding dark lines along the rim of the eyes and deepening the lines until you have depth. Apply sharp lines extending from the corner of each eye at an upward angle to achieve a wolf-like effect.

4. Start at the corners of the nose and draw quick strokes up and back over the cheeks. Vary the color of the lines and deepen the strokes as you go. This will eventually begin to take on the look of a wolf while still retaining the features of the human beneath the pencil strokes. Deepen the cheek lines if you begin to lose the combined effect.

5. Lengthen the nose, applying brush-like strokes with the pencil until you've formed a snout. Shade the tip of the snout darker, then smudge the lead to create a wet effect. Continue to work with the canine hair, bringing the lines down until they begin to extend beyond the chin line.

6. Erase the upper lines of the human ear and draw points, then add strokes of hair around the outer edges of the ear. If you've drawn a full body, add muscular tone and hair strokes to the arms, varying the depth of shading to achieve a realistic look. Draw hair lines extending from the start of the fingers to the wrist. Don't be afraid to go out of the original lines. It adds definition and realism.

Resources

• How to draw a wolf freestyle video
• Megaflow Graphics