How to Draw a Student

Step 1: Head and ears

Near the top draw an egg head. On each side draw a C ear, starting and stopping on the head.

Tip Leave most of the page below for the body and legs.

Step 2: The face

Draw 2 eyes with a black dot and a white shine, a small nose, a smile and 2 eyebrows.

Step 3: Tufty hair

Start on the left of the head. Draw a row of soft tufts over the top, stop on the right.

Tip Soft round bumps, the middle ones tallest.

Step 4: Neck and T-shirt

Draw 2 neck lines under the chin. Start at the left one, draw a T-shirt, stop at the right one.

Step 5: Arms

From each sleeve draw 2 lines down to the wrist, bending a little at the elbow and getting narrower.

Step 6: Mitten hands

At the bottom of each arm draw a mitten like an egg bottom, with a little thumb pointing in.

Step 7: Backpack

Draw the backpack top from shoulder to shoulder. Add straps curving out to the sides, and corners under the arms.

Tip The rest of the backpack hides behind the body.

Step 8: Shorts

Start at the shirt's bottom left corner. Draw shorts with a dip between the legs, stop at the right corner.

Step 9: Legs

For each leg, start on the shorts. Draw 2 lines down, closer together where they stop at the ankle.

Step 10: Sneakers and ground

Under each leg draw a sneaker with the toe pointing out. Draw a long ground line under the shoes.

Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks

Colour pink cheeks, then the face, ears, neck, arms, hands and legs peach around them. Leave the eyes white.

Step 12: Yellow T-shirt

Colour the T-shirt yellow, going round the backpack straps.

Step 13: Red backpack, blue sneakers

Colour the backpack and its straps red, and the sneakers blue.

Step 14: Brown hair, navy shorts

Colour the hair brown and the shorts navy. Go over your lines and your student is done.