This tutorial covers two very different animals from opposite ends of the Earth — a fierce crocodile from warm rivers and a fluffy polar bear from the frozen Arctic. Drawing contrasting animals in one session builds versatile skills. Parikshet guides you through both step by step.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Green for the crocodile
  • White and grey for the polar bear
  • Black pen for outlines
  • Blue for an icy/water background

How to Draw a Crocodile and Polar Bear Step by Step

  1. Crocodile — draw the long snout — start with a long, flat, rectangular snout with a row of jagged teeth along the edges.
  2. Add the eyes on top — crocodile eyes sit high on the head, so they can watch while the body is underwater. Draw two bumpy eyes on top of the head.
  3. Draw the long body and tail — a long body leading into a powerful, tapering tail. Add bumpy scale ridges along the back.
  4. Add the short legs — four short, splayed legs with clawed feet.
  5. Polar bear — draw the rounded body — a large, rounded, fluffy body. Polar bears are big and bulky.
  6. Add the head — a head with small rounded ears, a long snout, a black nose, and small dark eyes (the only dark parts on the white bear).
  7. Draw the powerful legs — four thick legs with big paws (great for swimming and walking on ice).
  8. Colour — green scaly crocodile, white-cream fluffy polar bear with a black nose and eyes.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: These two animals are a great study in contrast: the crocodile is all hard angles, scales, and a long flat snout, while the polar bear is all soft, rounded, fluffy curves. Practising both in one session trains you to handle very different textures and shapes — sharp and scaly versus soft and furry.

🌟 Did You Know?

A polar bear's skin is actually BLACK, and its fur isn't white — it's transparent and hollow! The hollow hairs scatter light, which makes the bear appear white, helping it blend into the snow. Crocodiles, meanwhile, have been around for over 200 million years — they shared the planet with dinosaurs and have barely changed since. A crocodile's bite is one of the most powerful in the animal kingdom.

Two Animals, Two Textures

  • Crocodile — hard angles, scales, long flat snout, eyes on top
  • Polar bear — soft fluffy curves, rounded body, black nose
  • Hot vs cold — warm rivers versus frozen Arctic
  • Scaly vs furry — great practice for different textures

🎯 Try This: Draw Animals from Different Habitats

  1. Draw an animal from the desert (a camel or lizard).
  2. Draw an animal from the rainforest (a monkey or parrot).
  3. Draw an animal from the ocean (a dolphin or fish).
  4. Draw an animal from the Arctic (your polar bear). One page, four habitats!