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How to Draw a King

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a king 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 of your paper, draw an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave most of the page below for the long robe.
Step 2: The face
Below the middle, draw 2 oval eyes with black dots, a U nose, a smile and 2 cheek ovals.
Step 3: Beard and moustache
Draw a soft moustache between the nose and smile. Add a big U beard from cheek to cheek.
Step 4: A golden crown
Draw a zigzag crown across the top of the head, side to side. Add a tiny ball on each point.
Step 5: The long robe
Start at one side of the beard and draw a long robe with short sleeves, ending at the other side.
Tip The hem is wide and near the bottom of the page.
Step 6: Long sleeves
From each short sleeve, draw 2 lines down to the wrist, getting narrower. Add a cuff curve at the wrist.
Step 7: Mitten hands
Under each arm, draw a mitten hand like the bottom of an egg. Add a little thumb pointing in.
Step 8: Belt and buckle
Draw a square buckle at the waist. Add a belt band: 2 lines from the buckle to the robe sides.
Step 9: Sceptre
Start below the right hand. Draw a stick up behind the fist, leaning out. Stop at a round ball.
Step 10: Shoes and ground
Under the robe, draw 2 shoes peeking out with toes pointing out. Draw a long ground line under them.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face and hands peach around the cheeks, then colour the cheeks pink. Leave the eyes and beard white.
Step 12: Yellow crown, red belt
Colour the crown, its balls, the buckle and the sceptre ball yellow. Colour the belt and shoes red.
Step 13: Purple robe
Colour the robe and sleeves purple, around the beard, the belt and the hands. Your king is done!