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How to Draw Long Hair
Draw long hair in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 a big egg head, round at the top and narrower at the chin.
Tip Make it big: the hair needs room on top.
Step 2: Big eyes
Below the middle of the head, draw 2 big round eyes, one eye apart. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 3: Nose and smile
Between the eyes draw a tiny U nose. Draw a wide smile from eye to eye.
Step 4: Eyebrows
Above each eye, draw a little rainbow for an eyebrow, as wide as the eye.
Step 5: Fringe
Start on the head's left side, level with the eyebrows. Curve up and across to the right side.
Step 6: Top of the hair
Start at the fringe's left end. Draw a big rainbow out past the head, down to the right end.
Tip The hair is bigger than the head: it puffs out.
Step 7: Long flowing sides
On each side, start high on the rainbow, flow the hair past the chin, then back up to the fringe.
Step 8: Wavy strands
Inside each side, draw 2 long gentle curves, one a bit lower, from about halfway down to near the bottom.
Step 9: Neck and shirt
Draw 2 neck lines under the chin, 2 shoulders, and a line along the bottom. Add a U collar.
Step 10: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face and neck peach, with a pink oval on each cheek. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Yellow hair, purple shirt
Colour the hair yellow and the shirt purple. Go over your lines and you're done.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: long hair, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
