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How to Draw a Skirt
Draw a skirt in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 waistband.
Step 1: The waistband
A hand down from the top, in the middle, draw a long flat box with rounded corners.
Step 2: The twirly skirt
Just in from each waistband end, draw a long slanted line down and out. Join the bottoms with 7 bumps.
Step 3: Swishy pleats
Start at a dip in the hem and draw a gentle line up into the skirt, stopping halfway. Do 2.
Step 4: Knot and bow loops
In the middle of the waistband draw a small oval knot. From each side draw a big fat petal loop.
Step 5: Ribbon tails
Start under the knot and draw a ribbon tail curving down, with a V notch. Do one each side.
Step 6: Polka dots
Draw rows of small dots all over the skirt, shifted like bricks, missing the pleats and ribbon tails.
Step 7: Sparkles
Draw 3 sparkle stars around the skirt, one above the bow and one on each side.
Step 8: Yellow polka dots
Go over your lines, then colour all the polka dots yellow.
Step 9: Yellow sparkles
Colour the 3 sparkles yellow too.
Step 10: Teal skirt
Colour the whole skirt teal, around the yellow dots. Leave the bow and ribbon tails for later.
Step 11: Purple waistband and bow
Colour the waistband and the whole bow purple, ribbon tails too. Your skirt is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a skirt, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
