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How to Draw Stick People
Draw stick people in 13 steps, about 10 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: three heads.
Step 1: Three heads
Across the top draw 3 round heads in a row: big on the left, middle-sized, then small on the right.
Tip Like a family: the bigger the head, the taller the person.
Step 2: Two faces
On the big and middle heads draw 2 oval eyes, a tiny U nose, a smile and 2 eyebrows.
Step 3: The small face
Give the small head the same face: 2 oval eyes, a tiny nose, a smile and 2 eyebrows.
Step 4: Hair caps
On each head, start by the eyebrows and draw soft hair tufts over the top, down to the other side.
Step 5: Body lines
From each chin draw one straight line down for the body. Stop about 2 heads below.
Step 6: Holding hands
From each body line draw bent stick arms sloping down to meet the neighbour's. Draw a hand where they meet.
Step 7: Outside arms
From the big person draw a stick arm down to the left. From the small person, down to the right.
Tip Add a hand on the end of each arm.
Step 8: Stick legs
From the bottom of each body line draw 2 legs leaning apart. Stop them all at the same height.
Step 9: Shoes and ground
Draw a flat rounded shoe at the bottom of every leg, toes pointing out. Add one long ground line underneath.
Step 10: Peach faces
Colour all 3 faces peach, with a pink circle on each cheek. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Peach hands
Colour all 4 hands peach: the 2 joined hands and the 2 at the ends.
Step 12: Hair colours
Colour the middle person's hair yellow, then the big one's brown and the small one's black.
Step 13: Red and blue shoes
Colour the big and small people's shoes red, the middle one's blue, then go over your lines.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: stick people, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
