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How to Draw a Tailor
Draw a tailor in 16 steps, about 12 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 an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Draw the head left of the middle: the dress dummy stands on the right.
Step 2: Two ears
Draw a C ear on each side of the head, starting and stopping on the head line.
Step 3: Face and moustache
Draw 2 oval eyes with a dot and a shine, a small nose, a smile and a bow moustache.
Step 4: Curly hair
Start above the left ear. Draw round tufts over the head, stopping above the right ear. Add a curly fringe.
Step 5: Neck and shirt
Draw 2 neck lines, then a shirt with round shoulders from the left line, ending at the right one.
Step 6: Waistcoat
Over the shirt draw a V-neck waistcoat from the shoulders to the hem, with 2 buttons.
Step 7: Tape measure
Hang a tape measure round the neck: 2 long strips down the waistcoat, with tiny ticks.
Step 8: Long sleeves
Draw a long sleeve over each shoulder curve down to a cuff, the left one bent at a round elbow.
Tip Rub out the shoulder curves inside the sleeves.
Step 9: Hands
On the left wrist draw a fat egg fist with a thumb bump, and a hanging hand on the right.
Step 10: Scissors
In the left fist draw scissors pointing up: 2 short blades crossing in an X, and 2 small loops below.
Step 11: Dress dummy
On the right draw a headless dummy body. From its bottom draw a pole down to a flat oval base.
Step 12: Trousers
Start at the waistcoat's bottom left corner. Draw 2 trouser legs down, stopping at its right corner.
Step 13: Shoes and ground
Under each trouser leg draw a shoe with the toe pointing out, then a long ground line under them.
Step 14: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Dab 2 pink cheeks. Colour the face, ears, neck and hands peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 15: Yellow tape, grey dummy
Colour the tape measure yellow and the dummy grey. Leave the shirt white.
Step 16: Green waistcoat, brown trousers
Colour the waistcoat green around the tape, fist and scissors. Colour the hair, trousers, shoes, pole and base brown.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a tailor, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
