How to Draw a Sugar Glider

Sugar gliders are adorable animals and popular pets. With their large eyes, fluffy tails and parachute-like bodies, sugar gliders are also interesting creatures. If you own a sugar glider or hope to own one someday, you can show your appreciation for this lovable animal with a simple drawing that you can give as a gift or display in your home.

Things You'll Need

• Pencil
• Paper (or a computer drawing tablet)
• Erasers

Instructions

1. 

   Draw a small circle for the sugar glider's head. On the lower right portion of this circle, add a smaller circle for the muzzle. Once more, in the lower right portion of the 2nd circle, add another smaller circle, which will serve as the nose indicator.

2. 

   Split the first circle you drew in Step 1 into 3 portions. Draw a horizontal line across the circle to split the circle in half. Next, draw a vertical line across the top portion of the circle to split it in half.
   Draw 2 more circles that lie to the left of the 1st circle you drew in Step 1. The 1st of the left-hand circle set should be larger than the original circle you created in Step 1, for this is the sugar glider's body. The 2nd circle of the set should be to the upper left of the body circle and about the size of the head circle. All circles should be connected to each other like a chain.

3. 

   Add more circles to the face and to the outside portions of the circles that were drawn in Step 2. On the face, these small circles should be added along the horizontal line you added in Step 2, and located on opposite sides of the vertical line. These are the eyes. Remember, sugar gliders have large eyes, so don't make these circles too small.
   For the outside circles, make sure they are the same size as eye circles. You can add these small circles anywhere, just as long as they are located on the sides of the body circles. If you want your sugar glider to look like he's flying, place the small circles about 1 or 2 inches away from the body. If you want your creature to look like he's sitting, place the circles about a 1/3 to 1/2 inch away from the body.

4. 

   Draw a downward curving line that is placed at the end of the leftmost circle that you drew in Step 3. Make this line about the same size as the sugar glider body. This line will represent the sugar glider tail.

5. 

   Return to the primary circle you drew in Step 1. Add 2 more small circles (about the size of the paws) to the upper left and right portions of the head. These will be for the ears.

6. 

   Draw the face. Color the eye circles black, leaving a sliver of white for the eye shine. Inside the 3rd circle you drew in Step 1, add a tiny triangle with the point facing down for the nose at the center. From the nose, connect an open-based triangle for the mouth. Erase the guidelines for the muzzle.
   Turn the ear circles into ears by extending the circles into rounded triangles. Color the outside edges of the ears black, leaving the inside white. Here are the ears. Erase the guidelines.
   Draw lines connecting the body you drew in Step 2 to the paws you drew in Step 3.

7. 

   Outline the entire image. Draw around the entire body, following the curves of the circles. For the legs, however, create a pouchy, chubby look to indicate the "parachute" body that sugar gliders have. Fatten up the tail to where it looks like a squirrel tail. Erase the guidelines.

8. 

   Give the paws toes. The toes resemble human fingers, so there will be 4 "fingers" on each paw. Add fur and color in the sugar glider in shades of grey, black, and white. The sugar glider has black stripes stretching from the face to the back. Once the image is colored, you have successfully created a sugar glider.

Tips & Warnings

• Look at pictures of sugar gliders to get an idea of the creature's anatomy.