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How to Draw a Three-Legged Race
Draw a three-legged race in 12 steps, about 9 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: 2 heads.
Step 1: 2 heads
Draw 2 egg heads close together near the top, one left of middle and one right. Leave room below.
Tip Both kids are the same size at the same height.
Step 2: Faces
Give each head 2 eyes, a nose and a smile. Add C ears that start and stop on the head.
Step 3: Cap and hair
On the left head draw a cap with a curved brim. On the right head draw hair with a fringe.
Step 4: Necks and T-shirts
Start under each chin with 2 neck lines. Draw a T-shirt with short sleeves, and stop at the other neck.
Tip The right T-shirt sits in front. Add 2 stripe lines across the left T-shirt.
Step 5: Arms
Start at each outside sleeve. Draw an arm hanging down, getting thinner. Stop below the T-shirt.
Step 6: Hands
Start at each wrist and draw a mitten hand with a thumb bump. Stop back on the arm.
Step 7: Shorts and legs
Start at each T-shirt hem and draw shorts. Under each leg draw 2 lines getting thinner, stopping at the ankle.
Tip The 2 inside legs lean in to stand side by side.
Step 8: Band, sneakers, ground
Round both inside legs draw a band with a bow. Add a sneaker under each leg, then a ground line.
Step 9: Peach skin
Colour the faces, necks, ears, arms, hands and legs peach, with pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Step 10: Yellow and sky shirts
Colour the left T-shirt yellow above and below the stripe, and the right T-shirt sky blue.
Step 11: Red cap, blue shorts
Colour the cap, the stripe, the band and the bow red. Colour both pairs of shorts blue.
Step 12: Black hair
Colour the right kid's hair black. Leave the sneakers white. Go over your lines. Done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a three-legged race, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
