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How to Draw a Runner
Draw a runner in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 at the sides for arms and below for legs.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 small oval eyes with a dot in each, a tiny U nose and a big smile.
Step 3: Hair and sweatband
Start left on the head. Draw round hair tufts over the top, stopping on the right. Add a sweatband below.
Step 4: Neck, vest and number
Draw 2 neck lines, then a vest from the left one round to the right one. Add a number box.
Step 5: Bent arms
From each shoulder, draw an arm bending at the elbow. Stop one wrist up high and one down low.
Step 6: Mitten hands
On each wrist, draw a round mitten with a little thumb, from one arm line across to the other.
Step 7: Shorts
From the vest's bottom left draw baggy shorts with a dip between the legs, stopping at the bottom right.
Step 8: Standing leg
From the left shorts leg, draw 2 lines down to a thin ankle. Add a sneaker with a sole.
Step 9: Kicking leg
From the right shorts leg, draw a leg kicking back, bent at the knee, with a sneaker at the end.
Step 10: Speed lines and ground
Draw 3 short speed lines on the right, above the kicking leg. Add a ground line under the standing sneaker.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, peach skin
Colour 2 pink cheeks. Colour the face, neck, arms, hands and legs peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Red vest and sweatband
Colour the vest and the sweatband red. Leave the number box white.
Step 13: Navy shorts, brown hair
Colour the shorts navy and the hair brown. Leave the sneakers white. Your runner is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a runner, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
