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How to Draw Hands on Hips
Draw hands on hips 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: the head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top, in the middle, draw an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave most of the page below for the body and legs.
Step 2: The face
Below the middle draw 2 round eyes, a tiny nose and a smile. Add an eyebrow over each eye.
Tip Leave the eyes white, with a dark dot inside each one.
Step 3: Soft hair cap
Start on the left by the eyebrows. Draw 5 soft tufts over the head and stop level on the right.
Tip Round bumps like little clouds, not spikes.
Step 4: Neck and T-shirt
Draw 2 neck lines under the chin. Start at the left one, draw a T-shirt, stop at the right one.
Tip The short sleeves point down and out.
Step 5: Two bent arms
Draw each arm from its sleeve out to a round elbow, then in to a hand at the waist.
Tip Each bent arm leaves a triangle gap beside the body.
Step 6: Finger lines
Inside each hand draw 2 short finger lines, starting at the fingertips.
Step 7: Trousers
From the shirt's bottom left draw long trousers: down, across, up between the legs, down, and back to the shirt.
Tip Stand the feet apart: it makes the pose look strong.
Step 8: Shoes
Under each trouser leg draw a shoe, toe pointing out: a rounded heel, a flat sole and a rounded toe.
Step 9: Belt and ground
Draw a belt line across the top of the trousers. Draw a long ground line under the shoes.
Step 10: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face, neck and both arms peach, with a pink circle on each cheek. Leave the eyes white.
Tip The hair stays white for now.
Step 11: Yellow T-shirt
Colour the T-shirt yellow, around the arms and hands.
Step 12: Blue trousers
Colour the trousers blue.
Step 13: Brown hair and shoes
Colour the hair and the shoes brown. Go over your lines and your drawing is done.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: hands on hips, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
