Animal Drawing: Sleeping Panda Bear

One of the most requested animals students like to draw is the panda bear. This project is a sleeping panda bear.

Step #1: Start with some light pencil guidelines one down the center and one across the middle. Then place a large oval just above the center guideline for the panda’s head.
Step #2: Add the panda eye patches, triangle nose and the mouth. Then add the ears.

Step #3: Connect the sleeping panda arm up near the middle of his head. The add a oval for the body.

Step #4: Now add the tree branch around the sleeping panda.

Step #5: Add bamboo trees behind the panda.

Step #6 Finish your drawing with your choice of mediums, from oil pastels, pastel chalk, watercolor pencils.