How to Draw a Cartoon Polar Bear Cub (the Easy Way) pdf

How to Draw a Cartoon Polar
Bear Cub
(the Easy Way)


Do you want to learn how to draw a cartoon polar bear cub? Take to the ice
and get your pencil at the ready to draw this cute polar bear! It's easy when
you follow our four simple paw prints. Brrrrr! With more "ice" than Kanye
West, the polar bear is the undisputed king of the Arctic Circle and this cute
little cub is just finding his feet (or, should that be paws?) in the snow.
Impress your friends and family by learning how to draw a cartoon polar
bear cub - one of these amazing creatures, which have featured heavily in
folklore from the ancient tales of the Innuits and native Americans up to
modern movies such as The Golden Compass in 2007.

STEP-1: Drawing the Outline of the Body
Learning how to draw a cartoon polar bear cub is easy - simply draw two
intersecting circles, one smaller, one larger. These will form the basis for our
awesome Arctic buddy!


STEP-2: Adding Detail to our Polar Prince
Having drawn the basic outline, let's start adding some detail to those basic
circles. On the smaller circle (our polar cube's head) draw two upside down
'U' shapes for the ears and then two small circles for the eyes. For the nose,
draw an upside down triangle shape.
Polar bears have an awesome sense of smell and can detect food more than
1.6 kilometers away or buried beneath three feet of snow!
Let's also add a cute tail by drawing a cloud-like shape on the right hand side
of the body. Isn't learning how to draw a cartoon polar bear cub fun!

STEP-3: Adding some more Features
For our next step in learning how to draw a cartoon polar bear cub, let's add
some more details to really bring our polar prince to life. Draw two smaller
upside down 'U' shapes to create the inside of our polar cube's ears. Then,
draw the mouth by drawing a vertical line down from the nose, followed by
two 'U' shapes either side.
There, our awesome Arctic buddy is smiling in the snow! We can also start
drawing the legs at this stage - draw a series of curved lines as in our
illustration. Polar bears are the largest terrestrial carnivores on the planet and
an adult male can weigh as much as 350 - 680kg! So, make the legs thick
and powerful to support his weight


STEP-4: Bringing our Polar prince to Life!
Wow, our little king of the Arctic is really starting to take shape! Let's add
some more details to our cute cub and create an epic finished drawing to
really impress your friends and family. Complete the ears by drawing lines
at the bottom of each 'U' shape.
Now, for our final steps in learning how to draw a cartoon polar bear cub,
let's finish off those legs and give our polar prince those all important paws -
no self-respecting bear would be seen without his paws, right? Although
polar bears have four legs, only three are visable in our drawing.
This is because the other leg is hidden from view behind the body. Be sure
to make the paws nice and large - our friend from the frozen lands is going
to need these when walking through the snow or swimming in the icy waters
of the Arctic Ocean!
Once you're done, rub out any lines you don't need and then get those polar
pens at the ready to color our awesome buddy in! Draw the outline in black
first, then we're ready to finish the body. In the wild, polar bears are, of

course, white, but we're going to use an icy blue for visual interest. This is
what's termed "artistic licence" it's when you alter reality a little to get the
desired effect and it's a technique you can see in almost every cartoon that's
ever been created.
Once you've colored in the body, select a darker blue for the insides of the
ears. Color the eyes and nose in black, remembering to leave a small area of
the nose white to represent a highlight - you can add to this effect by taking
the darker blue pen and drawing another line around the edge of this white
area to make our polar prince's nose look 3D. There you go, now you know
how to draw a cartoon polar bear cub. Awesome!
Our polar bear is now ready to go out in the snow or swim in the icy waters.
How come they don't feel the cold? That's because polar bears have a really
thick coat and a layer of blubber surrounding their bodies measuring up to
10cm in depth! Hope you had fun drawing our Arctic buddy - why not
practice drawing a family of polar bears using these directions as a starting
point?