How to Draw a Grasshopper

Last Updated: February 13, 2022

Grasshoppers use their color to hide in the green grass, leaping around to get food and escape predators. Here's a tutorial on how to draw this simple yet fascinating creature.

Steps

1
Draw the basic shapes of your grasshopper. These will serve as the guidelines for your drawing. You should end up with two overlapping circles to the right of a peapod-like shape, which will serve as the grasshopper's lower body.
2
Draw shapes for the upper legs and angled lines for the lower legs/antennae. The back legs are so defined at the top because of all the jumping around that grasshoppers do, and they're quite a bit longer in total length than the front legs.

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3
Fine tune the lines and remove the guidelines that you made before. Then add more details to your drawing, like the pattern on the grasshopper's stomach and its eyes.
4
You're done! You can color your grasshopper if you want, or add highlights/shadows, but they're not really necessary unless your drawing is for a science project or something significant.
5
Finished.

Community Q&A

Question

Do I have to start with a specific color?

Community Answer

It is easier to start with something that you can erase easily. Grasshoppers can be other colors though; like brown, yellow, tan and different shades of green. Look at the coloring of real grasshoppers and experiment with those colors using your colored pencils or other tools.
Question

Why is this so complicated?

Community Answer

Insects have a lot of legs and segmented body parts. Try to get the basic shape down, and then move on to the harder parts.
Question

How do I draw this picture on a bigger piece of paper?

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Community Answer

It doesn't really change. Just draw it bigger if you want to fill up the whole piece of paper!