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How to Draw a Princess Dress

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a princess dress 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: round collar.

Step 1: Round collar
Near the top, draw a shallow scoop neckline. From each end, hang a petal down to meet in a point.
Tip The 2 petals meet in a little point under the dip.
Step 2: Top of the dress
From each neckline end, draw a short shoulder out, then curve down to a narrow waist. Join the waist across.
Tip The waist is about as far below the neckline as the scoop is wide.
Step 3: Big twirly skirt
From the waist, swoop 2 lines down and out like a bell, stopping near the bottom. Add a bumpy hem.
Tip A big bell, much bigger than the top, with 7 bumps on the hem.
Step 4: Puffy sleeves
From each shoulder, draw a puffy sleeve out and round, back to the side lower down. Add a cuff.
Step 5: Bow knot
On the middle of the waist, draw a small oval knot for the bow.
Step 6: Two big bow loops
From each side of the knot, draw a big fat petal loop out past the waist and back.
Tip Each loop is far bigger than the knot, poking out past the sides of the dress.
Step 7: Open overskirt
From under each bow loop, curve a long line down and out to the hem, like an upside-down V.
Step 8: Frills
Inside the opening, draw 3 rows of little bumps from edge to edge, one above the other, like frills.
Step 9: Heart gem and sparkles
Under the collar point, draw a small heart gem. Add 4 sparkle stars around the dress.
Step 10: Yellow gem and sparkles
Colour the heart gem and the sparkles yellow.
Step 11: Pink underskirt and bow
Colour the underskirt inside the opening pink. Colour the knot and bow loops pink too.
Step 12: Purple dress
Colour the top, sleeves and overskirt purple around the bow and gem. Leave the collar white. Your dress is done!