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How to Draw a Windsurfer
Draw a windsurfer in 12 easy 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: the board.
Step 1: The board
Below the middle draw a long thin board lying flat, round at the left end, pointed at the right.
Tip Long and skinny, like a stretched surfboard.
Step 2: The mast
From the board, left of middle, draw a tall thin pole leaning up right, with a ball on top.
Tip The mast reaches almost to the top of the paper.
Step 3: The sail
Start under the ball. Draw a big round sail bellying down left to a point, then back to the mast.
Tip The sail's bottom stops a hand above the board.
Step 4: The rider
Left of the mast draw a round head with hair, 2 dotty eyes and a smile. Add a short body.
Step 5: Arms and legs
Draw 2 bent arms with mitten hands. Add 2 legs with bent knees and feet on the board.
Step 6: The boom
From halfway up the mast draw a curve through the hands to the sail's point, then another back.
Tip The 2 curves pass behind the rider's body and arms.
Step 7: Battens and window
Draw 2 lines across the sail's top with a band between. Add a small window under the boom.
Step 8: Waves
Start at the left edge by the board. Draw wave bumps across to the right edge. Add a lower row.
Step 9: Sun and seagull
Draw a sun with 8 short rays top left, and a seagull like a flying M top right.
Step 10: Yellow and peach
Colour the sun, hair and board yellow. Colour the face, arms, hands, legs and feet peach. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Pink sail, grey mast
Colour the sail pink around the rider, the stripe and the window. Colour the mast and ball grey.
Step 12: Purple stripe, blue sea
Colour the stripe purple. Colour the vest blue, and the sea blue from the top wave to the bottom.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a windsurfer, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
