Two figures, and only one of them is an animal: the child has human proportions and the cat has none, so a child coloring this gets to see the difference side by side. The hand resting on the cat is the join between them and the one place to slow down. This cat coloring page with a child suits six and up. The grumpy cat is the one with fur to draw.
A child kneeling to stroke a cat on the floor.
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Cat With a Child: how to draw it step by step
Here is cat with a child in 8 steps.
Draw the child kneeling, head first.
Add the face and the short hair.
Run the shoulders down into the top and shorts.
Fold the legs under, kneeling on the floor.
Draw the cat beside the child, sitting.
Add its ears, face and whiskers.
Reach the child's near arm across onto the cat.
Finish with the tail and the floor line.
What you need
Paper, a pencil and an eraser.