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How to Draw a Tightrope Walker

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a tightrope walker in 13 easy 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: 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 Leave the whole width of the page free for the long pole.
Step 2: The face
Below the middle of the head, draw 2 round eyes with black dots and eyelashes. Add a nose and smile.
Step 3: Hair, fringe and bun
Start by the left eyebrow. Draw hair over the head to the right eyebrow. Add a fringe and a bun.
Step 4: Neck and leotard
Draw 2 neck lines. From the left one, draw a leotard pulling in at the waist, ending at the right.
Tip Draw a star on the chest.
Step 5: Arms out
From each sleeve, draw 2 lines out to a round elbow, then down to the wrist, getting thinner.
Step 6: Fists
On the end of each arm, draw a round fist like the end of an egg, with a thumb bump.
Step 7: Balance pole
Through both fists, draw a long pole: 2 lines close together, far past both fists, sagging at the ends.
Step 8: Legs
From the leotard, draw each leg with 2 soft lines down to a thin ankle, leaning in.
Step 9: Slippers
At the bottom of the legs, draw 2 pointy slippers, one in front of the other.
Step 10: The tightrope
Draw a ground line and 2 tall posts. Dip a rope from one, under the feet, up to the other.
Tip Run the ground line along the bottom, nearly edge to edge.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink tights
Go over your lines. Colour the face, neck, arms and fists peach, the cheeks and tights pink.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Yellow star, red leotard
Colour the star yellow. Colour the leotard and slippers red around the star.
Step 13: Brown hair and pole
Colour the hair, bun, pole and posts brown. Done!