Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and wanting to know how to draw a basset hound lovers! OK, I know most of my dear readers are not sitting around wondering how to draw a basset hound. I thought that this might be a fun thing for the upcoming holidays. If you have kids coming over for the holidays you might want to have a few colored pencils and these instructions handy for a fun thing to do! It could be fun! Of course it is fun for the whole family at any time!

Step one!

Okay as you can see this first step will show you how to draw out the frame of the basset hound. Start by drawing the round looking head with the facial guidelines drawn on the front of the face. Next draw the outline of the dogs long body with the hind legs being a part of the outline. Draw two circle shapes for the stubby looking front limbs. Don’t forget to click on the image to see it larger.

Now move down to step 2!

Here is where you will start to draw out the shape of the long droopy ears and jowls or lips. These dogs are so incredibly cute aren’t they? Now sketch in the slanted droopy eyes and part of the opened mouth. Next draw the lining of the basset hounds coat pattern and sketch in the toes on the front and back paws. He is coming along nicely.

Now step 3!

Step 3 is where you will be finishing off the sketch of the basset hound. Sketch in the detailing on the dogs face by drawing the big rounded nose and detail the dogs coat some more as shown above. Sketch in some hair around the tail and finish drawing his hind leg that seems to be hiding in the back. After your sketch looks like the one above erase all the guidelines and circle shapes that you drew in step 1.

Now step 4!

Here is what your dog should look like after you are totally done drawing it. All that you need to do is color him/her in and give this sweet looking dog a name. They come inn a variety of colors so you can color them brown, black, white, tan, or a combination of the four. That will conclude this tutorial on how to draw a basset hound.

This is looking very cool! Now you can color it to your liking! This artist did this rendition of a basset hound. A tri-color!

Again, do not forget to click on the pictures for a larger version. This could be a very fun project for anyone, but I know kids would enjoy it. All it takes is copy paper and some colored pencils. It is for kids that are a bit older but it would be fun for any kid to try. Who really cares how it turns out? Do it as a family and have fun! I clicked on each picture and just printed it out. It worked great!

More craft projects later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. – I just thought of this! Little kids can trace it! Then color in their favorite basset hound color combinations!

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