Caroline
Cats have been beloved companions to humans for many years. While dogs are known for their unwavering loyalty, cat fans love the personality and independence that cats exhibit.
They can also be nice to snuggle with on a chilly Winter evening!
Drawing a cute cat face can be more challenging than one may assume, and you might find yourself wishing that there were some easy steps for you to follow.
This step-by-step guide on how to draw a cat face in just 8 easy steps will do just that and have you drawing your own cat face before you know it!
How to Draw A Cat Face – Let’s get Started!
Step 1
This first step of our guide on how to draw a cat face will have you needing a light pencil to draw with for now.
We will be using a pencil for now, as these shapes are to help you and won’t appear in the final drawing.
Start off by drawing a fairly large circle. It doesn’t need to be perfect, but try to have it as round as possible. Then, simply draw two curved lines at the top of the circle to show where the ears will go.
Step 2 – Next, draw the ears and top of the head
Using the shapes and lines that you drew in step 1, you can start to use a pen or a darker pencil from now on for your cat face drawing.
The curved lines that you drew on top of the circle will help you with positioning the ear shapes. These will be drawn using some curved lines with a sharp angle at the tip.
Then, you can join them with some jagged lines between them for a hairy look to the top of the head.
Step 3 – Now, draw the head outline
You can continue using the round shape that you drew in step one for this part of this guide on how to draw a cat.
Using some jagged lines, carefully draw around the pencil circle to form the outline of the head. The jagged lines will once again give the appearance of fur.
Once the head outline is drawn, you can start to erase the pencil lines from step 1, as you shouldn’t be needing them anymore.
Step 4 – Draw some eyes for your cat’s face
We will give your cat drawing some eyes in this step. The eyes are made up of some fairly large circles that have smaller circles within them for the irises.
Some even smaller circles within those ones will form a glint in the eyes. Finally, draw some lines underneath the eyes to give them some more personality.
Step 5 – Next, draw a nose for your cat
Your cat needs a nose, so let’s add one in this step!
For the nose, simply draw a small horizontal oval shape with two small circles at the bottom for the nostrils.
It’s as easy as that, and you’re ready for the next step!
Step 6 – Draw a smiley mouth for your cat face drawing
For step 7 of our guide on how to draw a cat, we shall add a mouth for your cat. Cats have a rather distinctive mouth shape, and you can draw it using two curved lines coming out from the nose.
You can also add some small lines for eyelashes coming out from the eyes.
Step 7 – Add some final details to your drawing
It’s almost time to get creative with some color, but before you start on that we will add some final details to your cat face drawing.
The main detail will be some whiskers for your cat. These can start from three dots above each curve of the mouth.
The whiskers can be short like the ones in our reference image, but you could also make them longer if you wish!
Finally, you can use some triangular shapes within the ears to form the inner parts of the ears.
Those are the details that we chose for our image, but which extra additions and fun details will you choose for your own drawing?
Step 8 – Now finish off your cat face drawing with color
Now that you have reached the final step of this guide on how to draw a cat face, it’s up to you to let your creativity flow and finish it off with some beautiful colors!
We showed one way that you could color it in for our image, but cats can come in all manner of different amazing color schemes.
This means that you could use any colors that you love for your drawing! If you own a cat yourself, maybe you could color in your drawing to look like your real cat!
There are also so many art mediums that you could use for your image. Whether you go with acrylic paints, watercolors, colored pens, pencils or anything else, we know you’ll do an incredible job with it!
3 More tips to make your cat face drawing easy!
Make this cat face sketch even easier with the help of these tips!
This drawing of a cat face that we created in this guide is drawn in a cartoon style that is still rather detailed. When it comes to drawing styles, everyone has their favorites.
It can be good to challenge yourself to try out a style you’re not as comfortable with, but sometimes you may also want to change the style to one you prefer.
That is something you could do for this cat face! If you prefer a more realistic style, then you could adapt it to this drawing. Or, you could make it even more cartoony by simplifying it.
It all depends on you, and it could be good even if you merely wish to create a more unique picture.
When drawing something like this cat face sketch, it can be hard to get the details and proportions in the right place. That is why many artists will use a pencil to get their drawing started.
First, you could start by drawing an oval shape. This will serve as a guide for the outline of the head. Then, try to draw two curved lines across the oval; one horizontal and one vertical.
These will help you when adding the eyes, nose and mouth and will help to keep everything aligned. Then, add the finer details with your pen and you’re good to go!
One of the best ways that you could make your cat face drawing easier would be by using some additional reference material. If you have a cat in your house, then you have a model ready to go!
If not, you will find millions of cat photos online to aid you. Using these photos will help you as you add details to your own cat face.
It would also help if you wanted to make this cat face more realistic and detailed. No matter what style you choose, try to pay attention to the smaller details and proportions of the real cat face and work it into your image.
Your Cat Face Drawing is Complete!
Hopefully, this guide helped you a lot in your quest to learn how to draw a cat face!
We have shown you how you can break it down into several easy steps, and now that you know how it’s done you can use this guide to help you design your own unique cat faces!
Drawing challenges are always made easier when broken down into steps, so we hope that this tutorial was not only helpful but lots of fun for you to use.
You also have many options with how you can personalize your drawing. You could use a new art medium you’ve never tried, draw a background for your cat face or even get creative and try to draw a body for it!
There’s no end to the creativity you can use to bring your drawing to life, and we can’t wait to see what you do to finish it off!
We have many more incredible step-by-step drawing guides for you to enjoy coming out frequently, so be sure to check in to our website often to make sure that you never miss out on the fun!
We also always love to see your incredible creativity, so once you have completed your cat face drawing, we hope that you will share it on our Facebook and Pinterest pages for us to admire.
