Q&A for How to Draw a Cat Using the Word Cat

No, not at all. You should draw it in your own style, and skip or add any details you like. It's your drawing!

You can add some more realistic-looking eyes, ears, and whiskers. You can also make the tail a bit puffier.

Cats have some traits that cartoonists exaggerate such as their whiskers and their big round eyes, look up "Cartoon Cat" and notice what all of them have. Those are the features that make it look most like a cat. You'll need to add such features to the word depiction.

Start by writing c a t on a piece of paper. Put the letters fairly close together. You then start drawing the first leg by using the tail of the a and connecting it to the bottom of the t making a u. The second leg, you make another u and connecting it to the right side of the horizontal line in the t. You make the head by drawing a circle using the horizontal line in the letter t. Add the features on the cat. The back leg of the cat is the circle in the letter a, draw a little foot. The letter c is the cat's tail, connect it to a.

Add some shading and patterns that a real cat would have. You might find it helps to look at a picture of a real cat and copy its color, patterns and any other details that you want to include. It’s also a good idea to paint the picture instead. Use a thin brush and faint watercolors and make short strokes.

It's your choice. You can omit details and add others if you like.