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How to Draw an Odysseus
Draw an odysseus 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
Left of the middle, near the top, draw an egg for the head, narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room on the right for a tall bow.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 big round eyes halfway down the head, with dots. Add a tiny U nose and a smile.
Step 3: Headband
Draw a thin band across the forehead, from one side of the head to the other.
Step 4: Curly hair
Start at the left end of the headband. Draw 6 soft curly bumps over the head to the right end.
Step 5: The beard
Start on the left cheek beside the smile. Draw a big U under the chin to the right cheek.
Step 6: The tunic
Under the beard draw a short-sleeved tunic down to the knees. Add a belt and a stripe above the hem.
Step 7: Two arms
Start at each sleeve. Left arm: 2 lines down, stop at the wrist. Right arm: 2 lines bending out.
Tip Each arm gets thinner toward the wrist.
Step 8: Hand and fist
On the left wrist draw a mitten hanging down. On the right wrist draw a round fist.
Step 9: The great bow
Draw a tall thin crescent through the fist, tips pointing left. Join the tips with a straight string.
Tip The string runs behind the arm.
Step 10: Legs and sandals
From the hem draw each leg down to a thin ankle. Add sandals with long toes, and a ground line.
Step 11: Peach skin
Colour the face, arms, hand, fist and legs peach. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Red band, yellow stripe
Colour the headband red and the stripe at the bottom of the tunic yellow.
Step 13: Blue tunic, brown hair
Colour the tunic blue. Colour the hair, beard, belt, bow and sandals brown. Go over your lines.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an odysseus, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
