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How to Draw a Ballerina Dancing
Draw a ballerina dancing 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, in the middle, draw an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room on both sides for the arms and the kicking leg.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 round eyes with a dot, shine and lash. Add a tiny nose, a big smile and eyebrows.
Step 3: Hair and bun
Draw the hair over the top of the head, with a curved fringe across the forehead. Add a round bun.
Step 4: Neck and leotard
Add 2 neck lines. Under them, draw the leotard from one shoulder across to the other, in at the waist.
Tip The leotard hugs the body: it goes in at the waist.
Step 5: The tutu
Across the bottom of the leotard, draw a very wide flat oval sticking out far on both sides.
Step 6: Two arms
From each shoulder, draw an arm with an open end: one curving up by the head, one stretched out.
Step 7: Two hands
On each arm, draw a round mitten hand with a small thumb, from one arm line across to the other.
Step 8: Leg on tiptoe
Under the left of the tutu, draw a long leg and a pointed shoe. Add a ground line under it.
Tip Ballerinas stand on the very tips of their toes.
Step 9: Leg stretched back
From the right of the tutu, draw the other leg stretched out and a little up. Add a pointed shoe.
Step 10: Music notes
Draw a music note on each side: a circle, a line up and a flag.
Step 11: Peach skin
Colour the face, neck, arms, hands and legs peach. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Pink tutu and shoes
Colour the leotard, tutu and shoes pink.
Step 13: Black hair
Colour the hair, bun and music notes black. Go over your lines and your ballerina is dancing!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a ballerina dancing, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
