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How to Draw Washing Hands

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw washing hands 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: two palms.

Step 1: Two palms
Low on your paper, draw 2 palms side by side, touching down the middle, flat on top and round underneath.
Tip Leave lots of room above for the fingers and the tap.
Step 2: Tallest fingers
On top of each palm draw a tall fat finger: up, round the tip and back down to the palm.
Tip Rub out the palm line inside each finger.
Step 3: Fingers beside them
Draw a shorter finger tucked close on each side of the tall ones, stopping on the palm.
Step 4: Little fingers
In the middle draw the 2 shortest fingers side by side, so they touch all the way up.
Step 5: Thumbs
Start low on each palm's outer side. Draw a fat thumb leaning out, round the tip, back to the palm.
Tip Rub out the lines inside each thumb.
Step 6: Wrists
From the bottom of each palm draw 2 wrist lines going down. Stop a thumb's length below.
Step 7: Cuffs
Across the end of each wrist draw a wide cuff, like a box with round corners.
Step 8: The tap
From behind the right fingers, draw a tall pipe. Bend it over like a hook. Stop above the little fingers.
Tip Draw a flat oval on the end of the pipe, where the water comes out.
Step 9: Running water
Start under the end of the tap. Draw 2 straight lines down. Stop at the tips of the little fingers.
Step 10: Soap bubbles
Draw 3 round bubbles on one palm and 2 on the other. Add 3 more floating in the air.
Tip Make the bubbles different sizes.
Step 11: Blue water
Go over your lines. Colour the running water light blue. Leave all the bubbles white.
Step 12: Peach hands
Colour both hands peach: the palms, fingers, thumbs and wrists. Colour around the bubbles.
Step 13: Grey tap, blue cuffs
Colour the tap grey and both cuffs blue. Your clean hands are done!