How to Draw a Bat Easy Step by Step

Below you'll find an easy step-by-step how to draw a bat tutorial and bat coloring page. Scroll down to download yours for free.

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step how to draw a bat tutorial and bat coloring page. Stop by and download yours for free.

Did you know that bats are the only flying mammals in the world? They feed on insects and use their super sonic hearing to find food in the dark as they are nocturnal animals. Some used to believe that you could get sick from bats, but they are actually very clean and groom themselves as often as cats do.

If your ready to draw a bat that is more than just a simple silhouette, this might be a fun tutorial for them to try out. This cartoon animal version includes vampire teeth and anime-looking eyes for those that are drawing around Halloween time, but rest of the body is fairly realistic. The bat's snout, spread out wings, tall ears and body of the bat are pretty true to what a real one looks like.

Getting Started with Drawing Guides

The best way to get young artists off to a good start to any drawing lesson is to show them how to use guides as a reference point.

You may have noticed that all of the tutorials on this site have a dashed line running through the center of each step, both in the horizontal and vertical direction. If students make theirown centered lines on theirown paper, before drawing, they will have an easy reference to follow.

For instance, as seen in Step 1 below, shape for the bat head needs to be sitting on the horizontal line, and centered on the vertical line. It's important to sketch that shape big enough and high enough on the sheet of paper so that there's room for the ears and body underneath. When beginners get their drawing off to a good start, there's a better chance of them feeling successful by the time they are done.

So does that mean students need to get out a ruler to draw a big fat line down the center of their paper before they start? Goodness no, please don't! That will most likely be hard to erase and distract from any finished art. No, simply fold the sheet of paper in half both ways, make a crease, and unfold. The beauty is that by the time the drawing is done and colored in, the creases will disappear.

And now, on to the Bat easy drawing tutorial.

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Coloring Page Gallery

If you are a fan of this Bat drawing, I'd like to offer another option. Busy teachers and parents can now just click on the button below to open the PDF, then look for a download arrow to save it to your desktop. You'll have a free Bat Coloring Page that you can print as often as you want, for whatever kind of project you want. Use it for younger students that want in on the coloring fun, or as a full size visual aid for those that are just learning how to draw. For more options, please see my Coloring Page Gallery. It's never been easier to see and download so many coloring pages all in one place!