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How to Draw a First Haircut
Draw a first haircut in 16 steps, about 12 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, a little left, draw an egg for the head, narrower at the chin.
Tip The kid sits in a tall chair and the barber stands on the right.
Step 2: The face
Inside the head draw 2 round eyes with big dots, a tiny nose and a smile under it.
Step 3: C ears
Start on each side of the head by the eyes. Draw a C ear out and back to the head.
Step 4: Tufty hair
Start at the left of the head. Draw soft tufts over to the right, then curve back across the forehead.
Step 5: Neck and cape
Draw 2 neck lines from the chin down to the shoulders. Round them draw a tent cape with 3 stripes.
Tip The cape covers the arms, so there are no hands on the kid.
Step 6: Barber chair
Draw a flat seat under the cape. From it draw a footrest, then a post down to a wide base.
Step 7: Barber's head
On the right draw the barber's egg head, then tufty hair from its left over to its right.
Step 8: Barber's face
Draw 2 round eyes with big dots, a tiny nose, a curly moustache under it and a smile below.
Step 9: Shirt and apron
From his chin draw 2 neck lines down to a shirt with one sleeve up, then an apron.
Step 10: Arms and fists
From the raised sleeve bend an arm up to a fist. Bend the other arm across the apron.
Tip Each arm is wider at the top and bends at the elbow.
Step 11: Scissors and tuft
Draw a tuft poking up from the kid's hair. From the fist draw 2 open blades round it, loops behind.
Tip The scissors snip high above the face.
Step 12: Trousers and shoes
From the bottom of his shirt draw 2 trouser legs down to his feet, with a shoe under each.
Step 13: Ground and clippings
Start left of the chair and draw a ground line to the right. Add 2 curly hair clippings on it.
Step 14: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour both faces, necks and the fists peach, with a pink circle on each cheek.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Step 15: Blue cape and shirt
Colour the cape and the shirt sky blue, with a darker blue middle stripe. Leave the apron and shoes white.
Step 16: Red chair, brown hair
Colour the chair red, and the hair, moustache, clippings and trousers brown. Your first haircut is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a first haircut, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
