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How to Draw a Girl Running

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a girl running 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: egg head.

Step 1: Egg head
Near the top, a little right of the middle, draw an egg head, narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room on the left for a ponytail.
Step 2: The face
On the right half of the head draw 2 oval eyes with black dots, a tiny nose and a smile.
Tip She is looking where she is running, so the face sits to the right.
Step 3: Swept-back hair
Start above the eyes. Draw hair over the top and down the back of the head. Add a curved hairline.
Step 4: Streaming ponytail
Behind the head, draw a small hair band. From it draw a long ponytail flying back to a point.
Tip The ponytail flies straight back because she is going fast.
Step 5: Neck and top
Draw a short neck. Under it draw a T-shirt body leaning forward, wider at the chest.
Step 6: Shorts
Under the top draw shorts: 1 leg pointing forward and 1 pointing down and back.
Tip The 2 shorts legs point different ways because she is mid-stride.
Step 7: Knee-up leg
From the front shorts leg, draw a thigh forward to a round knee, then a shin hanging down.
Tip Make the leg thinner at the ankle.
Step 8: Push-off leg
From the back shorts leg, draw a long leg stretching down and back, thinner at the ankle.
Step 9: Trainers and ground
Draw a trainer on each foot. The back one tips onto its toes. Draw a ground line under it.
Step 10: Back-swing arm
Draw a short sleeve. From it draw an arm back to the elbow, then down to a round fist.
Step 11: Front-swing arm
From the chest, draw the other arm forward to the elbow, then up to a round fist.
Tip Opposite arm and leg go forward together when you run.
Step 12: Peach skin, pink cheek
Colour a pink cheek. Colour the face, neck, arms and legs peach. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Yellow top, blue shorts
Colour the T-shirt and its sleeve yellow. Colour the shorts blue.
Step 14: Brown hair, red trainers
Colour the hair and ponytail brown. Colour the trainers and the hair band red. Your runner is done!