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How to Draw a Stick Figure
Draw a stick figure in 10 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 head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top of your paper draw a round head, a tiny bit narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave most of the page below for the body, arms and legs.
Step 2: The face
Below the middle draw 2 big round eyes with a dot and a shine. Add a tiny nose and smile.
Step 3: Eyebrows and hair
Add 2 eyebrows. Start on the left of the head, draw round tufts over the top, stop on the right.
Tip Add a curve across the forehead, then rub out the head line above.
Step 4: The body line
Start at the chin. Draw one straight line down and stop about 1 and a half heads below.
Step 5: Stick arms
Start on the body line. Draw 2 bent stick arms, left going down, right waving up. Stop at the wrists.
Step 6: Mitten hands
At the end of each arm draw a mitten with a little thumb bump.
Step 7: Stick legs
Start at the bottom of the body line. Draw 2 straight legs leaning apart and stop above the page bottom.
Step 8: Shoes and ground
At the bottom of each leg draw a rounded bean shoe, toe pointing out. Add a ground line under them.
Step 9: Peach face and hands
Colour the face and hands peach, around 2 cheek circles. Colour the cheeks pink. Leave the eyes white.
Step 10: Brown hair, red shoes
Colour the hair brown and the shoes red. Go over your lines. Done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a stick figure, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
