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How to draw a lion

Start with the shaggy mane and finish with the eyes and the insides of the ears.

Finished, it has 9 areas to color: 6th of 50 here, counting from the simplest (one of the easiest). Close to it: fish and sunflower.

Main colors in the original emoji: brown, yellow and tan.

The six steps

1. The shaggy mane.
2. The face.
3. The muzzle.
4. The ears.
5. The nose and the mouth.
6. The eyes and the insides of the ears.

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How to draw a lion: 6 steps

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

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How to draw a lion: 4 big steps

Steps of 1, 2, 4 and 4 shapes, drawn bigger.

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Lion to color

The finished drawing: 9 areas.

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Color and trace: lion

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: monkey, owl, panda, penguin, pig, pizza, rabbit, rabbit face, rainbow, robot, rocket, rose.

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