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How to Draw a Walk the Plank
Draw a walk the plank in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: round head.
Step 1: Round head
Near the top, a little right of the middle, draw a big round head.
Tip Leave room above it for the hat.
Step 2: Happy face
Below the middle of the head draw 2 oval eyes with black dots and shines. Add an open smile.
Step 3: Pirate hat
On the head draw a wide hat like a slice of melon, tips up. Draw a band line across it.
Step 4: Shirt and arms
Under the chin draw a shirt with 2 long sleeves: the left arm swings up, the right arm dips.
Tip Arms out like a see-saw: he is wobbling.
Step 5: Hands
On the end of each sleeve draw a mitten hand with a thumb on top.
Step 6: Stripes
Rule 3 lines across the shirt below the arms, from one side and stopping at the other.
Step 7: Trousers and boots
Under the shirt draw 2 baggy trouser legs. Under each draw a boot with its toe pointing out.
Tip Keep both soles flat and level.
Step 8: Wavy sea
Start at the left edge, well below the boots. Draw a long wavy line and stop at the right edge.
Step 9: Pirate ship
From the waves draw a ship side with a curved top, back down to the waves. Add 3 board lines.
Tip The ship stands at the left edge of the page.
Step 10: The plank
Rule a long thin plank from the ship, under both boots, stopping just past the right boot.
Step 11: Shark fin
Right of the plank draw a curved fin. Start on a wave, go up to a tip and back down.
Step 12: Sea and fin
Colour the sea light blue, right to the edges of the page. Colour the fin grey.
Step 13: Skin and red
Colour the face, neck and hands peach. Colour the sleeves, middle stripe, hat band and mouth red.
Tip Leave the eyes and 2 shirt stripes white.
Step 14: Blue and brown
Colour the hat and trousers dark blue. Colour the boots, plank and ship brown. Go over your lines.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a walk the plank, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
