How to Draw a Cool Dog

Finished cool dog drawing with sunglasses, large tie, and clean outlines.

In this guide, we will tell you how to draw a cool dog. If you want to learn how to draw animals but are not completely confident in your abilities, you can start with very simple tutorials, for example with this one.

Using these steps, you will draw a dog with fairly realistic outlines, wearing sunglasses and a tie. This guide is based on our main dog drawing tutorial, but uses fewer details and does not include shadows.

How to draw a cool dog step by step

Step 1: Sketch the dog’s basic shapes

Draw a circle and an oval. The oval should be larger than the circle. Both shapes should be centered on the paper. You might think this is a very easy step, but it is important to do it as accurately as possible because all the following steps depend on these shapes.

Sketching the cool dog with a circle and large oval.

Step 2: Add the ears and paws

Add several details at once. First, sketch the ears as triangles. Then draw a pair of smooth vertical lines connecting the circle and the oval. Finally, add the outlines of the paws.

Adding the cool dog’s triangular ears, body lines, and paws.

Step 3: Draw the glasses and nose

Dogs do not usually wear glasses, but we are drawing a very cool dog, so draw the glasses first. Then add the dog’s nose as a circle inside an open angular shape.

Drawing the cool dog’s sunglasses, muzzle shape, and round nose.

Step 4: Refine the dog’s face

Now that the approximate silhouette is ready, start drawing the dog’s face in detail. Using smooth lines, draw the inner contours of the ears. Add two angled lines at the sides to complete the outline of the face. Then refine the glasses and nose.

Refining the cool dog’s ears, face, sunglasses, and nose.

Step 5: Draw the large tie

Our cool dog drawing has one notable feature. It has a very large tie that is larger than the dog itself. Draw the right edge of the tie with a wavy line and the left edge with a straight line. Sketch a short, straight line in the center of the tie.

Drawing the cool dog’s oversized tie with straight and wavy edges.

Step 6: Detail the dog’s paws

Pay special attention to the details of the dog’s paws. Using short, smooth lines, draw the dog’s paws and toes. First, refine the front limbs, then move on to the hind legs.

Adding short curved lines to define the cool dog’s toes.

Step 7: Refine the final outlines

Remove the construction lines from the previous steps. Draw all the details and the outline of the cool dog’s body with a thicker line. If you want to make the sketch more detailed, you can add some light shadows.

Refining the finished cool dog with clean outlines and light shadows.

We showed you how to draw a cool dog and tried to make this a really simple drawing guide. What animal do you like, and which one would you like to see on our site? Write to us about it either here or on our social networks.

To draw another cool animal like this, try our dabbing dog tutorial. There, you will also use very simplified shapes to create a dog in an anthropomorphic pose.