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How to Draw a Shy Face
Draw a shy face 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 a big soft egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave room underneath for two hands.
Step 2: Two ears
Halfway down each side of the head, draw a C ear. Add a small C inside each.
Step 3: Eyes looking away
In the middle of the head, draw 2 oval eyes. Put a black dot in each, over to the right.
Tip Both dots sit on the same side, so the eyes look away shyly.
Step 4: Brows and small smile
Above each eye, draw a soft eyebrow that lifts a little in the middle. Lower down, draw a small smile.
Tip Keep the smile small and closed.
Step 5: Blush lines
On each cheek, beside the smile, draw 3 short slanted lines.
Tip These little lines show the cheeks going warm and pink.
Step 6: Round hair
Start above the left ear. Draw the hair up and round over the head, down to above the right ear.
Step 7: Soft fringe
From the hair's left end, draw 2 swoops across the forehead, meeting at a small point, to the right end.
Tip Rub out the head line inside the hair.
Step 8: Two hands
Over the chin, draw 2 mitten hands, fingertips just under the smile, thumbs pointing out. Add 2 finger lines each.
Tip Rub out the chin line inside the hands.
Step 9: Two sleeves
From each hand, draw a sleeve down to the bottom, a little wider as it goes. Add cuff lines.
Step 10: Shy shoulders
Between the hands, draw a small U collar. Then draw 2 round shoulders lifted up high, down to the bottom.
Tip Shoulders lifted up towards the ears look shy.
Step 11: Pink blush, peach skin
Colour a big pink patch on each cheek. Colour the face, ears, neck and hands peach. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Teal top, brown hair
Colour the shirt and both sleeves teal. Colour the hair brown. Go over your lines to finish.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a shy face, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
