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How to Draw a Lumberjack

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a lumberjack 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 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 of the head draw 2 small oval eyes. Add a tiny U nose and a smile.
Step 3: Woolly hat
Draw a woolly hat over the head. Add a folded band and a fluffy, bumpy pompom on top.
Step 4: Big beard
Under the mouth draw a big bushy beard from cheek to cheek, a wide U down onto the chest.
Tip Rub out the chin line inside the beard.
Step 5: Plaid shirt
Under the beard draw a boxy shirt with wide shoulders. Add plaid lines: 2 across, 2 down.
Step 6: Two bent sleeves
Left sleeve: down, then bending in across the body. Right sleeve: out to the elbow, then back up.
Step 7: Two fists
At each sleeve's end draw a round fist, one low by the tummy, one up by the shoulder.
Step 8: Log on the shoulder
Draw a big log through both fists, slanting up right past the shoulder, with an oval end on top.
Tip A smaller oval in the end makes rings. Rub out the log inside fists.
Step 9: Trousers
Start at the shirt's bottom left. Draw 2 long trouser legs with a point between. Stop at the bottom right.
Step 10: Boots and ground
Under each leg draw a tall boot, toe pointing out, with a heel block. Add a ground line underneath.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face and hands peach, and the cheeks pink. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Ginger beard, brown log
Colour the beard ginger, and the log and boots brown.
Step 13: Red shirt, navy trousers
Colour the hat and shirt red around the beard, hands and log, and the trousers navy. Your lumberjack is done!
Tip Leave the pompom white.