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How to Draw a Rugby Player
Draw a rugby player in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: egg head.
Step 1: Egg head
Near the top of your paper draw an egg head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room on the right for the arm that reaches out.
Step 2: The face
On the right half of the head draw 2 oval eyes and a smile. Add an ear on the left.
Tip Put a black dot in each eye. The face sits to the right because the player runs that way.
Step 3: Short hair
Start above the right eye. Draw hair over the top and down the back, then a fringe line back.
Tip Rub out the head line inside the hair.
Step 4: Neck and jersey
Draw a short neck. Under it draw a bean body leaning forward a little, with a flat bottom.
Step 5: Shorts
Under the jersey draw shorts that spread out wide, with an upside-down V between the legs.
Step 6: Running legs
Draw the front leg stepping forward with a bent knee. Draw the back leg kicking up behind.
Tip Legs are wide at the top and thin at the ankle.
Step 7: Boots and socks
Draw a boot flat under the front leg, and one pointing down on the back leg. Add 2 sock lines.
Tip Rub out the leg ends inside the boots. Each sock line crosses a shin, from edge to edge. Add a long ground line under the front boot.
Step 8: Rugby ball
Over the tummy draw a fat oval ball with soft points, tipped up at the front.
Tip Rub out the jersey and shorts lines inside the ball.
Step 9: Tucking arm
From the shoulder draw an arm down to the elbow, then along under the ball to a mitten hand.
Tip Add a sleeve line across the arm above the elbow. Rub out the lines the arm hides.
Step 10: Balance arm
From the front of the chest draw the other arm reaching out, ending in an open mitten.
Step 11: Hoops and seam
From edge to edge draw 2 hoop lines across the sleeve and 2 across the chest. Add a ball seam.
Tip The seam runs along the ball, from the arm to the front tip.
Step 12: Peach skin, pink cheek
Colour the face, ear, neck, arms, hands and knees peach, with a pink cheek. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Sandy ball, red hoops
Colour the ball sandy. Colour the top and bottom hoops, on the chest and the sleeve, and both socks red.
Step 14: Blue shorts, brown hair
Colour the shorts blue, the hair brown and the boots black. Leave the middle hoop white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a rugby player, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
