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Uploaded:November 6, 2011
Artist:Finalprodigy
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Updated:November 7, 2011
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How to Draw a Polar Bear Cub, Polar Bears

Hey everyone here's another animal tutorial. I wanted to do something a little different and just happened to come across a picture of a very adorable polar bear cub being silly. I hope you have as much fun with this drawing as I did!

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how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 1

STEP 1.

Start out by picking your pencils. I used an F pencil for shading/sketching, a 3B for dark lines/shading, and a 2H pencil for light lines/shading.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 2

STEP 2.

Start out with a basic sketch of the bear. Use the guidelines if you need them.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 3

STEP 3.

Your sketch should look something like this.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 4

STEP 4.

Roughly and lightly shade in the shadows on the cub. I used a 3B pencil for this but an HB would also work.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 5

STEP 5.

Now roughly shade in the background.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 6

STEP 6.

Now smoothly blend in your shading using a cloth or blending stump.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 7

STEP 7.

Start adding details to the face. Start with the darkest features. I use by F pencil for this step.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 8

STEP 8.

Now use a 2H pencil to sketch in the fur. Make sure to give the fur direction.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 9

STEP 9.

Now work your way around the body by working on the legs first. Start out by defining the leg a bit. Use an F pencil for dark shading and 2H for lighter shading.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 10

STEP 10.

After you've shaded in the first leg start defining the next one.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 11

STEP 11.

Shade in the rear leg. If you find the that the F pencil isn't dark enough use the 3B as well.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 12

STEP 12.

Now define the next front leg a bit more. You can also define your background a bit more as well.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 13

STEP 13.

Shade in the fur of the front leg.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 14

STEP 14.

Define the rear leg a bit more.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 15

STEP 15.

Shade in the rear leg.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 16

STEP 16.

Now shade in the body. Pay attention to the way the fur is flowing.
 
how to draw a polar bear cub, polar bears step 17

STEP 17.

Now, smooth out your background and sketch out the ground. You ground doesn't need to look at all like mine. It looks like this here because it was originally going to be rock but I ended up changing it to to dirt/earth.
 
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STEP 18.

Finish up your drawing by shading in the ground and fixing up your shading and lines. I used a 3B pencil on the ground. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Comments and questions are welcome!
 

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tiffanyflash's comment

 

tiffanyflash ~ Apr 20, 2013, 5:01:03 PM
Aww i love polar bears drool poke
 
I_love_my_puppy's comment

 

I_love_my_puppy ~ Jan 21, 2013, 4:44:52 PM
C U T E ! ! ! ! ! tomatoe boogie
 
XannaRoth's comment

 

XannaRoth ~ Dec 19, 2012, 6:20:00 AM
You saved my life! I really needed a realistic polar bear drawing for my art lesson in school! This is amazing, and mine turned out very well! inlove
 
jonci184's comment

 

jonci184 ~ Sep 30, 2012, 7:19:08 AM
awesome work i really love polar bears =)
 
kittenlover3843's comment

 

kittenlover3843 ~ Feb 27, 2012, 1:28:15 PM
maby you need a different pencil
@BriSmith
i can’t shade!! everytime i try to, there are still lines that i can’t get rid of. even when i shade lightly! ugh! shakefist x_x =(
 
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BriSmith ~ Jan 7, 2012, 11:34:50 AM
i can’t shade!! everytime i try to, there are still lines that i can’t get rid of. even when i shade lightly! ugh! shakefist x_x =(
 
Scarzzz's comment

 

Scarzzz ~ Jan 6, 2012, 1:18:27 AM
aw, it's so cute! but it's hard to draw.
 
Hooot's comment

 

Hooot ~ Dec 3, 2011, 6:23:30 PM
Mine turned out awesome! Thanks! =D =D boogie yay
 
TheAmnion's comment

 

TheAmnion ~ Nov 24, 2011, 12:48:31 AM
I failed so hard at this. :/ O_o
 
starshine64's comment

 

starshine64 ~ Nov 10, 2011, 3:42:05 PM
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! boogie rock boogie rock yay yay yay yay X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop
 
:lol: confused :fear: X3 :x_x: :shakefist: :zzz: :shrug: :inlove: =D =( :bow: :boogie: :innocent: :omgomg: O_o :3
:rolling: :plotting: :ill: =$ :fart: :hai: :mature: ;p ^^; :drool: :stupid: :poke: :tomatoe: :threaten: T_T :snooty: :singing:
B) :yay: :yawn: :watermelon: :wtf: :wow: :jawdrop: :paranoid: :dumb: :evil: :angry: :speechless: :blank: :rock: :salute: =B ;)
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