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How to Draw a Checklist
Draw a checklist 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 paper.
Step 1: The paper
In the middle draw a tall box for the paper, with the top-right corner cut off by a short slant.
Tip Taller than it is wide, like a real letter.
Step 2: The folded corner
Start at the top of the slant. Go straight down, then across to stop at the bottom of the slant.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
Near the top of the paper draw 2 big egg eyes one eye apart. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile from eye to eye. Draw a small oval cheek beside each end.
Step 5: 3 boxes
Well below the face draw 3 small squares down the left side of the paper, one under the other.
Step 6: 3 lines
Beside each box draw a straight line across to the right, stopping before the edge. Those are things to do.
Step 7: 2 ticks
In the top 2 boxes draw a fat tick shape, its long arm sticking out past the top-right corner.
Tip Rub out the box corner inside each tick. Leave the last box empty, still to do.
Step 8: The ground
Draw a ground line under the paper from far left to far right.
Step 9: Sparkles
Draw 3 sparkle stars round the paper: one high left, one on the right, one low left.
Step 10: Cheeks and ticks
Go over your lines, then colour the cheeks pink and the 2 ticks green.
Step 11: Cream paper
Colour the paper cream, going around the cheeks and ticks. Leave the eyes white and skip the folded corner.
Step 12: Sand fold, yellow sparkles
Colour the folded corner sand and the sparkles yellow, and your checklist is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a checklist, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
