How to draw bugs & insects with basic shapes! Learn to draw fun pictures in 5 simple steps or less, all while learning your basic geometric shapes and practicing following directions!
Table of contents Butterflies Bumblebee Beetle Ladybug Housefly Dragonfly & Damselfly Grasshopper Firefly Praying Mantis Ants & Wasps
Shapes you might use: Oval Circle Semicircle Teardrop Crescent Rounded Rectangle Rectangle Square Trapezoid Diamond Pentagon Hexagon Octagon Star 6-pointed Star Triangle Right Triangle Line Heavy Line Fuzzy Line
Butterflies 1. Start with 3 small ovals 2. Add pairs of triangles on each side. 3. Add eyes, antennae, and details to the wings and body. Color pretty, bright colors! 1. Start with 3 small ovals 2. Add pairs of ovals on each side. 3. Add eyes, antennae, and details to the wings and body. Color pretty, bright colors!
BumbleBee 1. Start with 3 small ovals. 2. Add pairs of ovals on each side. 3. Add 3 pairs of bent legs. 4. Add ovals and dots for eyes and stripes on the bottom oval. Add the stinger to the bottom, too. 5. Bees are often orange and yellow. Making the body sections look fuzzy helps, too!
Beetle 1. Start with a long triangle pointing downward. 2. Draw two lines across the shell to split it into 3 pieces. 3. Add 2 circles for eyes. Then split the shell with a line down the middle. 4. Add bent lines for 6 legs, and then add the lines on the shell. Antennae between the eyes finish the beetle. 5. These are fun in purples, blues, and greens! Add a few colors and try to shade them to make them look shiny.
Ladybug 1. Start with a long triangle pointing downward. 2. Draw two lines in the shape of a T to split the circle into 3 sections. 3. Add 2 circles for eyes and large black circles on the bottom for spots. Dots inside the eyes add nice finishing details. 4. Add 3 lines on each side for the legs and antennae. 5. The body should be shiny red. The top by the head should be black.
housefly 1. Start with a skinny oval 2. Add two lines to split the oval. Then add 3 skinny lines at the bottom. 3. Add 2 circles for eyes and put dots in them. Add two more ovals on top at angles for wings. 4. Bent lines make 4 legs (2 are hidden under the wings). Add a few skinny lines to each wing, too. Antennae finish the fly. 5. Flies can be black, grey, blue, or green. Have fun coloring them! Wings look best light blue. Trace the edges to make them look fuzzy, too!
dragonflies & Damselflies 1. Start with 2 small ovals and a circle. 2. Add pairs of long, skinny ovals on each side. 3. Add eyes and details to the wings and body. You can have parts of legs poking out, too.color pretty, bright colors! 1. Start with 2 skinny rounded rectangles and a circle. 2. Add pairs of skinny overlapping ovals on each side. 3. Add eyes, legs, and striped details to the wings and body. Color pretty, bright colors!
Grasshopper 1. Start with a rounded rectangle. 2. Add a square toward one side. 3. Add a triangle overlapping the back and circles for eyes in the front. Curved antennae go on the head. 4. Add two big legs first. They take ovals with a bent line attached. The front legs are bent lines. 5. Add striping on the body. Most of the grasshopper will be green or yellow.
Firefly 1. Start with a long triangle pointing downward. 2. Draw a skinnier oval inside the first. 3. Split the skinny oval into 3 pieces. Add dark black circles over a grey oval for the head. 4. Add bent lines for 6 legs, and then add the lines on the shell. Antennae between the eyes finish the firefly. 5. The bodies of fireflies are usually dark, with red-orange heads. The back end should be yellowy-green. For flying fireflies, just add wings that are dark with orange edges.
praying Mantis 1. Start with a triangle with ovals for eyes. Don t forget the antennae. 2. Add a rectangle for the body and an oval for the abdomen. Add a skinnier oval on the top for the wings, and a triangle for the mouth. 3. Sets of 3 ovals make the grasping arms. 4. Sets of 3 ovals make the back legs. They re longer and skinnier than the front ones. 5. Mantises are almost always green. Adding some fuzziness to the legs make them look better, too.
Ants & Wasps 1. Start with 3 small circles and a larger oval below them. 2. Add 3 pairs of bent legs. 3. Add antennae and a triangle mouth. 4. Add striping to the bottom and color it red or brown for ants or black or yellow for wasps 5. Adding 2 pairs of narrow wings, a stinger at the back, and changing the color makes a wasp!