how to draw a koala

Easy How to Draw a Koala Tutorial and Easy Koala Coloring Page

Learn how to draw a Koala the easy way. This step by step tutorial keeps the shapes really simple so everyone can have fun drawing one.

Although you may have heard people call them koala 'bears', these animals aren't bears at all – they are in factmarsupials. As group of mammals, most marsupials have pouches where their newborns develop. Call them a koala bear and someone in Australia will be flinching at the mistake. Those that know and love these animals hate to see misinformation spread about them.

While koalas are not officially endangered right now, their status is unstable and population numbers are dropping. Their decline is due to a combination of climate crises, bushfires, habitat loss, tree clearing and disease. The WWF-Australia has warned that koalas could become extinct in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state by 2050.

This simple tutorial was made to bring more awareness to the plight of these fascinating and adorable animals. The body has been simplified to just a few easy shapes to draw, but the overall look is still as cute as ever.

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Koala Coloring Page

How to Draw a Koala Materials

Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. Buying the pre-sharpened ones will save busy teachers a lot of time.

Eraser. Large ones you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines after tracing.

Black Sharpie Marker. These fine point permanent marker pens make nice black outlines, have a good tip for coloring, and never bleed when they get wet. Use them with good ventilation and add extra paper underneath to protect your tables.

Prang Crayons. These are a bit softer than other crayons so they sometimes look like oil pastels. They also have a some nice brown shades that Crayola does not have unless you buy their larger boxes.

Crayola Crayons. The reliable brand that always works well. The 24 pack has some of my favorite golden orange and yellow colors that seem a bit richer and warmer than the ones Prang has.