Goat Drawing Ideas
Eighteen goat drawings you can copy straight onto paper, from a goat eating grass to a goat jumping in the air. Every one is a clean pencil outline drawn by hand, with no shading and no colour. Pick one, keep it next to you, and copy it line by line.
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How to draw a goat step by step
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A goat is easier than people expect, because almost every drawing on this page is built from one rounded body and a simple face. The trick is drawing the horns and ears before the legs, so the face feels finished early.
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- Draw a rounded shape for the head. Keep the line light so you can adjust it.
- Add two curved horns on top, leaning back slightly, and two floppy or pointed ears just below them.
- Draw the face. A goat has a gentle, slightly long snout and round friendly eyes. A small beard under the chin is optional but very goat like.
- Add an oval body below the head. For a standing goat it is a long horizontal oval. For a sitting goat it is rounder and tucked closer to the legs.
- Add the legs and a short tail last. Goat legs are thin and straight compared to a dog, and the tail is small and pointed upward.
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Darken your final lines at the end and rub out the guide shapes. That last step is what makes a drawing look finished rather than sketched.
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Which goat should you start with
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If this is your first goat
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Start with the simple standing goat or the simple sitting goat. Both face you squarely with nothing else on the page, so you are only thinking about one shape at a time. The baby goat is also forgiving, because the smaller body hides small mistakes.
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If you have drawn animals before
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Try the goat wearing a hat, the goat wearing a scarf or the goat holding a flower. The goat stays simple and you are adding one small prop, which is a good way to make a drawing feel finished without more difficulty.
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If you want a challenge
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The goat jumping is the hardest here, because all four legs leave the ground at once and the body twists. The goat climbing a rock is a step below it. Draw the long curve of the back first in both, and the rest follows.
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What you need
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An HB pencil, plain paper and an eraser. A 2B pencil helps if you want darker final lines. Nothing on this page needs a tablet, a light box or special paper, and none of these were drawn with any.
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Three things that make a goat look like a goat
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- The horns are missing or too small. A goat almost always has curved horns on top of the head. Leave them off and it can look like a sheep or a dog instead.
- The legs are too thick. Keep them thin and straight. Thick legs make the goat look like a cow or a bear cub.
- The ears point up like a dog. Goat ears are often small and a little floppy, or short and forward facing. Tall pointed ears can make it look like a different animal.
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Goat or baby goat
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Same drawing, different proportions. For a baby goat, make the head bigger compared to the body, the eyes larger and rounder, the legs shorter and the horns smaller or missing. The baby goat drawing on this page already uses these proportions, which is why it reads as young and friendly.
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Ways to use these drawings
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Copy any of these by hand, or download and print them for yourself, for your children or for your classroom. They work as colouring sheets, tracing practice, a warm up before a bigger drawing, or line art for a card. The balloon, the flower crown and the ice cream cone drawings all suit birthday cards and spring projects. If you want to use one in something you sell, write to us first.