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How to Draw a Person Thinking
Draw a person thinking 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: 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 room above on the right for a thought bubble.
Step 2: A thinking face
Draw 2 oval eyes with the dots high up, looking right. Add a tiny nose, a small mouth and eyebrows.
Step 3: Soft hair cap
Start on the left of the head by the eyebrows. Draw hair tufts over the top, down to the right.
Step 4: Neck and T-shirt
Draw 2 neck lines. From the left one draw the T-shirt down, across, and back up to the right one.
Step 5: Arms
From each sleeve draw an arm, one down to the hip and one bent up to the chin.
Tip Bend the right arm like a V, down to a round elbow, then up across the chest.
Step 6: Fist under the chin
Draw a mitten on the left arm. On the bent arm draw a fist under the chin, with a thumb.
Step 7: Thought bubble
Above the head on the right draw a tiny circle, a bigger one, then a cloud with a question mark.
Step 8: Trousers
Start at the left corner of the shirt. Draw long trousers down, up between the legs, back to the right.
Step 9: Shoes and ground
Under each leg draw a shoe with the toe pointing out. Draw a long ground line under the shoes.
Step 10: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour 2 pink cheeks, then the face, neck, arms and hands peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Purple T-shirt, grey trousers
Colour the T-shirt and sleeves purple around the arm, and the trousers grey.
Step 12: Brown hair and shoes
Colour the hair and the shoes brown. Leave the thought bubble white. Your thinker is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a person thinking, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
