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How to Draw Short Hair
Draw short hair 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 draw a big egg for the head, round on top and narrower at the chin.
Tip Make it big: the hair and the big eyes need room.
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: Soft tufts
Start just above the left ear. Draw 6 soft round tufts over the head, stop just above the right ear.
Tip Keep the bumps low and round, not spikes.
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: Hair strands
From the 3 middle dips between the tufts, draw a short curved line down into 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: Ginger hair, green shirt
Colour the hair ginger and the shirt green. Go over your lines and you are done.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: short hair, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
