Learning how to draw a cougar step by step starts with a circle for the head, not with the fur. A cougar has a short muzzle, small rounded ears, and no mane. These lessons draw that head first, then one full body, and two longer pencil sketches that add the shading after the shapes are in.
How to Draw a Cougar / Mountain Lion (Head Detail)
The YouTube video titled “How to Draw a Cougar / Mountain Lion (Head Detail)” by How2DrawAnimals is a pencil lesson for the head. It starts with a big circle, a line across it for the features, and a smaller circle for the muzzle. The ears are two small arcs on top. The eyes go in as half-circles, and the guides are erased before the darker lines. The video is part of How2DrawAnimals, which teaches animals one shape at a time. This tutorial is the one to use when you only want the face.
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How to Draw a Cougar (Mountain Lion) | Colored Pencil Tutorial
The YouTube video titled “How to Draw a Cougar (Mountain Lion) | Colored Pencil Tutorial” by How2DrawAnimals is the full animal. A circle is the chest, a smaller circle is the hindquarters, and a third circle, about half the size of the first, is the head. A line across the head places the eyes, a small circle is the muzzle, and two arcs are the ears. The legs come after those guides. The video is part of How2DrawAnimals. This tutorial is the one to use when the head lesson above feels too close.
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How To Draw a Cougar | Step By Step Sketch Tutorial
The YouTube video titled “How To Draw a Cougar | Step By Step Sketch Tutorial” by Cartooning Club How to Draw is a longer pencil sketch. It blocks the face in with light guidelines, refines the shapes, and only then adds shading and the texture of the fur. The video is part of Cartooning Club, which teaches sketching step by step. This tutorial is the one to watch after the two construction lessons, when the head is already easy.
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How To Draw a Cougar | Sketch Tutorial
The YouTube video titled “How To Draw a Cougar | Sketch Tutorial” by Cartooning Club XL starts with the pose. A light line down the middle of the page sets the composition before any fur. The lesson uses a 2B in a mechanical pencil, then builds the face, the texture, and the shading. A ordinary pencil works if you do not have a mechanical one. The video is part of Cartooning Club XL. This tutorial is the one to use when you want the whole drawing, not only the outline.
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Draw the circle, the muzzle, and the ears before you add a single hair. That is enough for how to draw a cougar step by step. For other animals built the same way, see this lesson on animal construction.