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How to Draw a Dancing Person

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a dancing person in 14 easy steps, about 11 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, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room on the right for a raised arm and a kicked-out leg.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 eyes, a nose and a smile. Add a C ear each side, from the head back to it.
Step 3: Soft hair cap
Start on the left of the head. Draw round tufts over the top, down to the right. Add a hairline.
Step 4: Neck and T-shirt
Draw 2 neck lines. From the left one draw a T-shirt, right sleeve pointing up, ending at the right one.
Step 5: Arms down and up
From each sleeve draw an arm, one down to the wrist and one bending up beside the head.
Step 6: Mitten hands
On the left arm draw a mitten hand hanging down. On the raised arm draw a mitten pointing up.
Step 7: Shorts
Start at the T-shirt's bottom left corner. Draw shorts down and back up to the bottom right corner.
Step 8: Dancing legs
From the shorts draw a left leg down to the ankle, and a right leg kicking out to the side.
Step 9: Sneakers
Draw a sneaker on each ankle, toes pointing out. Add a line along each sole.
Step 10: The ground
Draw a long straight ground line under the sneakers, wider than the dancer.
Step 11: Music notes
Left of the head draw 2 music notes: a little oval with a stem up and a short flag.
Step 12: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Dab pink cheeks, then colour the face, ears, neck, arms, hands and legs peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Orange T-shirt, blue shorts
Colour the T-shirt orange and the shorts blue.
Step 14: Brown hair, red sneakers
Colour the hair brown, both sneakers red and the notes black. Go over your lines. Done!