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How to draw a dog

Start with the whole outline and finish with the back toes and the last spot.

Finished, it has 14 areas to color: 20th of 50 here, counting from the simplest (about middle of the range). Close to it: shark and apple.

Main colors in the original emoji: tan and brown.

The six steps

1. The whole outline: head, body, legs and tail.
2. One floppy ear.
3. The other ear and a spot on the body.
4. The eyes, the nose and mouth, and the chest patch.
5. A spot on the side and the front toes.
6. The back toes and the last spot.

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How to draw a dog: 6 steps

17 shapes over six steps, then a box to draw your own.

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How to draw a dog: 4 big steps

Steps of 3, 3, 5 and 6 shapes, drawn bigger.

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Dog to color

The finished drawing: 14 areas.

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Color and trace: dog

Color it, then trace the word.

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New parts are black and what is already drawn is gray; how the sheets work. Draw something else: dog face, dragon, elephant, fire engine, fish, flying saucer, fox, ghost, giraffe, heart with ribbon, helicopter, horse.

Drawings adapted from Noto Emoji by Google, Apache License 2.0: turned into outlines, and checked so every area can be colored.