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How to Draw an Acrobat
Draw an acrobat in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top of your paper, draw an egg for the head. The chin end is a little narrower.
Tip Leave room below for the body, legs and a big ball.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 round eyes with a shine and a tiny lash. Add a U nose, a smile and 2 eyebrows.
Step 3: Hair and bun
Draw hair over the top of the head with a curved fringe. On top draw a round bun.
Step 4: Neck and leotard
Draw 2 neck lines. Start at the left, draw a leotard with sleeves and leg holes, stop at the right.
Step 5: Star on the chest
Draw a star with 5 points in the middle of the leotard.
Step 6: Arms held out
From each sleeve, draw 2 lines out to the side, sloping gently down and getting thinner, stopping at the wrist.
Step 7: Mitten hands
Start at each wrist. Draw a round mitten with a little thumb on top, ending back at the wrist.
Step 8: Legs
From each leg hole, draw 2 lines down that get closer together, stopping at a thin ankle near the middle.
Step 9: Slippers
Under each ankle, draw a small slipper pointing out, with the 2 heels touching in the middle.
Step 10: Ball and ground
Under the slippers draw a big round ball, its top just under the soles. Add a ground line below.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour 2 pink cheeks. Colour the face, neck, arms, hands and legs peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Red leotard, yellow star
Colour the star yellow. Colour the leotard and the slippers red around the star.
Step 13: Blue ball, brown hair
Colour the ball blue and the hair and bun brown. Go over your lines, and your acrobat is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an acrobat, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
