How to Draw Flying a Kite

Step 1: The head

Near the top, left of the middle, draw an egg for the head. Leave room below for the body.

Tip The kite flies high in the top right corner, far away on its string.

Step 2: The face

Add 2 oval eyes, a U nose and a smile. Each C ear starts and stops on the head.

Step 3: Baseball cap

Draw a cap over the top of the head, with a long flat bill sticking out to the right.

Step 4: Neck and T-shirt

Draw 2 neck lines. From them, draw a T-shirt with short sleeves, back to the neck. Add 2 stripe lines.

Step 5: Arms

From each sleeve, draw 2 lines getting thinner, down to the wrist. The left arm hangs, the right bends up.

Tip The right arm reaches up: that fist grips the kite string.

Step 6: Hands

From each wrist, draw a round hand that ends on the other arm line. The right hand is a fist.

Step 7: Kite and string

High on the right, draw a diamond kite with cross sticks. Rule a string from the fist up to it.

Tip The string is long and straight: the kite is far up, pulling.

Step 8: Tail and bows

From the kite's bottom point, draw a wiggly tail with 2 little bows on it.

Step 9: Puffy clouds

Draw 2 small puffy clouds in the sky, one on each side of the cap, with flat bottoms.

Step 10: Shorts

Start at the left of the hem. Draw shorts with a notch in the middle. Stop at the right.

Step 11: Running legs

From the shorts, draw 2 lines down to each ankle, spreading the legs apart in a running stride.

Step 12: Sneakers and ground

Under each leg, draw a chunky sneaker with the toe pointing out. Draw a long ground line under everything.

Step 13: Peach skin, pink cheeks

Colour the face, ears, neck, arms, hands and legs peach, with pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white.

Step 14: Yellow shirt and kite

Colour the T-shirt yellow, leaving the stripe white, and the right half of the kite yellow.

Step 15: Red cap, blue shorts

Colour the cap and left half of the kite red, and the shorts and bows blue. You're done!