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How to Draw a Sailor
Draw a sailor 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. The chin end is a little narrower.
Tip Leave most of the page below for the body and legs.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 eyes with a shine, a U nose and a smile. Start at each side, draw an ear, stop.
Step 3: Sailor cap
Draw a cap over the top of the head with a curve across the forehead. Add a band.
Step 4: Striped shirt
Draw 2 neck lines. Start at the left one, draw a shirt, stop at the right. Add 3 stripes.
Step 5: Collar and neckerchief
Draw a square collar flap from each neck line down to a V. Add trim lines, a knot, a tail.
Tip Draw each trim line near the flap's edge, from the shoulder to the knot.
Step 6: Arms
Start under each sleeve. Draw 2 lines down to the wrist, getting thinner and bending softly at the elbow.
Step 7: Mitten hands
Draw a mitten at the end of each arm. Add a little thumb pointing in.
Step 8: Wide trousers
Start at the bottom left of the shirt. Draw 2 wide trouser legs and stop at the bottom 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. Colour the face, ears, neck, arms and hands peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Blue stripes and collar
Colour the top and bottom shirt bands blue. Colour the collar blue inside the trim line.
Step 12: Red neckerchief, navy trousers
Colour the knot and its tail red, the trousers navy, the shoes black. Leave the cap and shirt white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sailor, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
