Horse

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There's a lot of horsing around when cartoonist Bruce Blitz teaches you the tricks of the trade. Learn how a tasty looking treat transforms into a cartoon horse with a few strokes of your pen.

Pad of paper
Pencil
Marker
Colored chalks or colored pencils
Eraser

SOMETIMES WE USE MATERIALS THAT REQUIRE ADULT SUPERVISION...LIKE SCISSORS...SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AROUND WHENEVER YOU DO CARTOONING!

Draw a peanut shape to start. Using marker, draw a big circle in top center part of peanut shape for an eye. Draw the other eye slightly behind it.
Draw the eyebrows curved down. For the nose, make an upside down U and circle for the nostril. Make the second one peeking out other side.
Use your pencil and draw a smile. Put in a cheek line and draw in a lower lip and chin. Draw over pencil lines with marker, and stop where his neck would be.
Draw in his teeth, and pointy lines coming up above his eyes for ears. Add some lines in between for hair.
Draw a line underneath his jaw for neck and around the top to complete his head. Erase pencil lines.
For his mane, make back and forth strokes with brown chalk or crayon. Color in his bangs as well. Use yellow for his body and red for his cheeks.