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How to Draw a Pompadour
Draw a pompadour 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
In the lower middle of your paper draw a big egg for the head, narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave lots of room above: the hair is tall.
Step 2: Two ears
On each side of the head draw a C ear: start on the head, bulge out, stop on the head.
Step 3: Big eyes
In the middle of the head draw 2 big round eyes. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 4: Nose and smile
Under the eyes draw a tiny U nose, then a wide smile with a tick at each end.
Step 5: Eyebrows
Above each eye draw a gently curved eyebrow.
Step 6: Tall quiff
Start just above the left ear. Draw one tall round hill of hair and stop just above the right ear.
Tip Make the hill lean to the right and bulge out past the head there.
Step 7: Hairline
From the left point curve up in front of the ear, across the forehead and down to the right point.
Tip Rub out the head line inside the hair.
Step 8: Swept-back lines
Start on the hairline. Draw 3 long rainbow lines sweeping up and over to the right. Stop inside the hair.
Step 9: The neck
Under the chin draw 2 short neck lines, then join their bottoms with a U.
Step 10: The shirt
From the bottom of each neck line, slope a shoulder out and down, then join them across the bottom.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, peach skin
Colour the cheeks pink, then colour the face, ears and neck peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Brown hair, blue shirt
Colour the tall hair brown and the shirt blue. Go over your lines and you are done.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pompadour, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
