Q&A for How to Draw a Cat Face

If you are a fast drawer, it may only take a couple minutes. Coloring it may take a bit longer. If you go slow and add many details, it will take more time, but you will have a better finished product.

Well, for a more realistic cat, the fur lines are required. Not drawing them would result in a more cartoonish cat, if that's what you want, then sure. Try it and see how it works out, if you don't like it, you can always just try again with a different strategy.

If you want your drawing to look real, then try to make sketchy strokes instead of straight lines. Remember that nature isn't perfect! The main thing is to keep practicing and never give up!

Sure! It is your cat, so you can do whatever you want, but try not to go to overboard!

Try drawing small, slightly spiky lines to indicate fur. Keep on practicing this until you're satisfied.

They don't have to be exactly the same. But if you want, you can use a stencil or trace a circular object such as a lid.

Yes, although colored pencils would allow for finer detail.

As long as you practice it will get better; the harder you practice, the better you will get!

No, you can simply draw the head if you'd like.

The effect shown in these s has been painted by a computer, so that would be one way to get the effect.

You can trace guidelines onto the paper using a ruler, or simply use lined or graph paper to begin with. You could also make a stencil and trace it for each eye.

It's your artwork, so you can do whatever you'd like, but most cats have whiskers.

When you do whiskers, do slightly curved lines, but don't draw them with sketchy lines, normal lines look better. If you want, you can do sketch lines and then do normal lines after. Also, don't do any more than about 20 whiskers in total (10 on each side), and dots around the whisker area usually looks good. Of course, you should feel free to put your own spin on it!

All you have to do is keep practicing drawing the face. It may take awhile, but you will get better.

You can draw short, thick lines to indicate the cats fur. You can make it spiky or smooth.

Try and give the coloring lots of texture. You could use small lines for extra detail.

Just draw a line, then try to do the opposite of it on the other side, connecting the two lines with a half circle and the end. Practice this until you are satisfied.

If the cat's head is facing in profile to the left or right, make only one line, the horizontal line, across the face. The horizontal line should be curved down ever so slightly for depth. You only make the horizontal line because the vertical one would be right along the profile.

Make the lines around the face smoother and less jagged. Most cats have fur that looks a little messy, though.

You should if you want the drawing to look good, as they are not really a part of the drawing, they are just used to guide you while you are drawing.

Make the eyes a bit larger, make the head larger, and make the body smaller to give it more baby-like features.

Adding color isn't necessary, it just makes the picture more realistic.

Imagine light coming from behind the cat, and you can visualize where the shades should be.

First, sketch circles out for the head, then make circles for the chest to the waist, then draw a line along the back or the middle. Then, draw a T shape in the middle of the head, or the side (depending on which angle the cat is looking at). Next, you draw lines for the legs, for example: if a cat is sitting, it is most likely the front legs will be straight, and the back will be scrunched up in a sitting position. Then, make circles for the joints of the legs. Finally, make a line for the tail (you can position it anyway you want to). Then, just draw the necessary (paws, body, face, etc.) add fur (depending on breed of cat) and you're done!

It's not required, but to achieve this look you may want to. If you want your cat to be more detailed, it's a good option. Although I personally would not recommend the fur on the mouth, cats do have fur on their mouths, but it is very short.