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How to Draw an Old Man

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw an old man 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 body and legs.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 eyes, a nose and a smile. Each ear starts on the head, bulges out and ends on it.
Step 3: Glasses and eyebrows
Draw a circle round each eye for the glasses, joined over the nose. Add 2 bushy eyebrows.
Step 4: Side tufts and moustache
Above each ear draw 3 hair bumps, starting and ending on the head. Under the nose draw a fat moustache.
Tip The top of the head stays bald.
Step 5: Neck and cardigan
From the chin draw 2 neck lines down to a round-shouldered cardigan. Add a V collar, front line and button.
Step 6: Long sleeves
From the shoulder and the armpit draw 2 lines down to the wrist for each sleeve. Add a cuff line.
Step 7: Mitten hands
Under each sleeve draw a mitten hand: a round egg bottom with a little thumb pointing in.
Step 8: Walking stick
Draw a thick straight stick from the ground up into the right hand. Curl its hook out the far side.
Step 9: Trousers
Start at the cardigan's bottom left. Draw 2 long trouser legs and end at the cardigan's bottom right.
Step 10: Shoes and ground
Under each leg draw a long rounded shoe, toe pointing out. Draw a ground line under the shoes and stick.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the skin peach, around the cheeks and moustache. Colour the cheeks pink. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Green cardigan, grey trousers
Colour the cardigan and its sleeves green, and the trousers grey.
Step 13: Grey hair, brown stick
Colour the side tufts and moustache grey, and the walking stick and shoes brown. Your old man is done!