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How to Draw a Paper Fan
Draw a paper fan in 12 easy steps, about 9 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: fan shape.
Step 1: Fan shape
Start near the bottom. Draw up and out to the left, a big rainbow over, and back to the start.
Tip Like a wide slice of pie.
Step 2: Two big eyes
In the middle of the fan draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a shine.
Step 3: A wide smile
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile from eye to eye.
Step 4: The pin
At the bottom point, where the 2 long lines meet, draw a small round pin.
Step 5: Guard sticks
Along each long side draw a second line just inside the edge, from the pin up to the top.
Step 6: Pleat lines
From the pin draw 2 straight lines on each side of the face, stopping a finger before the big curve.
Step 7: Paper edge
A finger inside the big curve, draw one curve from stick to stick, touching the ends of the pleat lines.
Step 8: The tassel
From the bottom of the pin draw a short string to a teardrop tassel with 3 little lines hanging below.
Step 9: Sparkles
Draw 4 fat 4-point sparkles in the space above the fan, 2 on each side.
Step 10: Yellow edge, pink cheeks
Colour the band along the curved edge and the 4 sparkles yellow. Colour 2 pink cheeks under the eyes.
Step 11: Wood brown sticks
Colour the sticks, the pin and the tassel wood brown.
Step 12: Red fan
Go over your lines. Colour the fan paper red, around the face and the yellow edge. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a paper fan, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
