Looking for how to make a cute spider drawing? Easy instructions await you in this article! This is a part of my series on Halloween drawing ideas, but really, you can make this cartoon arachnid any time of year.
First, some background. My name is Lillie, and I’m an artist and teacher who enjoys hand-illustrating such lessons as how to do witch hat drawing, and other such tutorials. Let’s start the instructions!
Spider Drawing: Easy Instructions
Now, there are complex ways to draw spiders, and simple ones. We’ll be opting for the latter here. Time to dive in.
1. Sketch the eyes and smile, then a circle around it for the body.
As you see from my black and white sketch, above, I kept this spider very simple by making its body just a face with a circle around it. Of course, many real-life spiders are way more complex — having two sections to their body, and non-circular shapes… but we’re going for easy and cute here, not necessarily scientifically perfect. (We used a similar “head and body together” method with our candy drawing.)
2. Draw 8 legs curving down, plus a web thread up top.
Most real-life spider legs are also more complex than our streamlined version here, but this one will work: Draw eight skinny legs arching downward. (Yes, if you’re wondering how many legs do spiders have, the answer is: the same number as a cute octopus!)
3. Color the spider a dark color, and the background lighter.
Though there are some light-colored spiders, the majority of them are darker in color, or even black. To make the drawing more exciting than a dark or dull shade, however, I’ve opted for a deep purple — a similar tactic to the one we took in sketching our cute bat drawing.
4. Add shading to show 3D curves.
Next, add a darker version of the body and legs color to the underside of each curve as shading to show the three-dimensional depth and roundness of the arachnid. I also added some pink blush to the cheeks for extra adorable-ness. These are all key elements for easy, cute animal drawings.
5. Spice up the background.
Finally add interest to the background so we have some idea of where your spider is standing. Is it on the ground? Is it hanging out in a spider web drawing? You decide!
Just make sure the colors you’re picking for the spidey’s surroundings juxtapose enough with the color you shaded the spider that the two elements don’t blend confusingly together. You want the spider to “pop” out of the page in contrast to its context. Now let’s see this whole shebang in time-lapse video form…
VIDEO: How to Draw a Cute, Easy Spider
Is Spider Drawing Easy Now?
I hope this tutorial has made spider drawing easy for you! What other cute drawing ideas should I illustrate and explain next? Do share!
Want more? Check out my article on easy pumpkin drawing…
The author and artist, Lillie Marshall, is a National Board Certified Teacher of English who has been a public school educator since 2003, and an experienced Reiki practitioner since 2018. All art on this site is original and hand-drawn by Lillie. She launched DrawingsOf.com Educational Cartoons in 2020, building upon the success of her other sites, AroundTheWorldL.com (established 2009), TeachingTraveling.com (founded 2010), and ReikiColors.com. Subscribe to Lillie’s monthly newsletter, and follow @WorldLillie on social media to stay connected!
