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How to Draw Muscles
Draw muscles 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, in the middle, draw an egg head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room on both sides of the head for the fists.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 big eyes, brows, a U nose and a smile. Add C ears, starting and stopping on the head.
Step 3: Tufty hair
Start on the left side above the ear. Draw round tufts over the top, down to the right side.
Step 4: Neck and vest
Draw 2 neck lines under the chin. From one, draw a vest with no sleeves round to the other.
Step 5: Flexed arms
Start at each shoulder. Draw a bent arm up to the wrist by the head, then back to the armpit.
Tip The bump on top of the arm is the bicep. Make it big.
Step 6: Fists
On top of each forearm draw a round fist, a bit wider than the arm, with a thumb curve.
Step 7: Bicep curves
Under each bicep bump, draw a small curve that starts and stops inside the arm.
Step 8: Shorts
Start at the vest's bottom left corner. Draw shorts, pointed between the legs, back up to the right corner.
Step 9: Legs
From the shorts, draw 2 lines for each leg, getting narrower down to the ankle.
Step 10: Shoes and ground
Under each leg draw a shoe, toe pointing out, with a heel and a long toe. Add a ground line.
Step 11: Peach skin
Colour the face, ears, neck, arms, fists and legs peach, with a pink circle on each cheek.
Tip Keep the eyes white.
Step 12: Red vest, blue shorts
Colour the vest red and the shorts blue.
Step 13: Black hair and shoes
Colour the hair and the shoes black. Go over your lines and your strong man is done.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: muscles, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
