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How to Draw a Dancer
Draw a dancer 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: egg head.
Step 1: Egg head
Near the top of your paper draw an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room below for the dress and legs, and right for a raised arm.
Step 2: The face
On the head draw 2 eyes with a black dot and a lash. Add a nose and smile.
Step 3: Hair and fringe
Start on the left of the head by the eyebrows. Draw the hair over the top, down to the right.
Step 4: Long hair and flower
On each side draw long hair from the temple down to the shoulder and back up. Add a flower.
Step 5: Neck and dress
Draw 2 neck lines. From the left one draw the dress down to a wide hem, back to the neck.
Step 6: Ruffles
Start on the left edge of the skirt. Draw a row of bumps across to the right edge. Repeat lower.
Step 7: Arms
From each sleeve draw 2 lines, stop at a thin wrist: one arm out, one curving up by the head.
Tip Let each arm bend softly at the elbow, like a dancer.
Step 8: Mitten hands
Start at each wrist. Draw a round mitten, ending back at the wrist. Add a thumb on the side hand.
Step 9: Legs
From under the hem draw 2 lines for each leg, down to a thin ankle. Slant the right leg out.
Step 10: Slippers and ground
Draw a slipper on each foot, one flat and one on its pointed toe. Add a ground line.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face, neck, arms, hands and legs peach, with pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Yellow flower, red dress
Colour the flower yellow and the dress red.
Step 13: Black hair, red slippers
Colour the hair black around the flower, and both slippers red. Go over your lines. Your dancer is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a dancer, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
