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How to Draw Raised Arms

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw raised arms in 12 easy steps, about 9 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, in the middle, draw an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave most of the page below for the body and legs.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 big shiny eyes, a tiny nose and eyebrows. Add a big open half-moon mouth.
Step 3: Soft hair cap
Start on the left by the eyebrows. Draw soft round tufts up over the head, ending level on the right.
Tip Round bumps like little clouds, not spikes.
Step 4: Neck and T-shirt
Draw 2 neck lines. From the left one draw a T-shirt with sleeves pointing up, ending at the right one.
Step 5: Arms straight up
From each sleeve draw an arm straight up beside the head, thinner as it goes. Stop level with the eyes.
Tip Start the arm inside the sleeve opening, so the sleeve wraps round it.
Step 6: Open hands
On top of each arm draw a mitten hand pointing up, with a thumb bump pointing away from the head.
Step 7: Trousers
From the shirt's bottom left draw long trousers: down, across, up between the legs, down, and back to the shirt.
Tip The legs reach nearly to the bottom of the page.
Step 8: Shoes
Under each trouser leg draw a shoe, toe pointing out: a rounded heel, a flat sole and a rounded toe.
Step 9: Belt and ground
Draw a belt line across the top of the trousers. Draw a long ground line under the shoes.
Step 10: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Dab 2 pink cheeks. Colour the face, neck, arms and hands peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Red shirt, blue trousers
Colour the T-shirt red and the trousers blue.
Step 12: Brown hair and shoes
Colour the hair and the shoes brown. Go over your lines and your cheering person is done. Hooray!