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How to Draw a Yoga Pose

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a yoga pose 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 head.

Step 1: The head
Near the top, in the middle, draw an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave most of the page below for the body and legs.
Step 2: The face
Below the head's middle, draw 2 round eyes with dots and tiny lashes. Add a nose, smile and eyebrows.
Step 3: Hair and bun
Start on the head's left, by the eyebrows. Draw hair over the top, down to the right. Add a bun.
Step 4: Neck and leotard
Draw 2 short neck lines. From the left one, draw a leotard with tiny sleeves, stopping at the right one.
Step 5: Arms bent in
From each sleeve, draw an arm bent at the elbow, turning in to stop in the middle of the chest.
Tip Both forearms point in to the chest where the hands will meet.
Step 6: Prayer hands
Where the forearms meet, draw the hands pressed together: a tall pointed oval like a flame with a middle line.
Step 7: Standing leg
Start under the leotard's left. Draw 2 lines down, bowing at the knee. Stop near the bottom, closer together.
Step 8: Bent leg
From the right of the leotard, draw the bent leg out and round the knee, back to the standing leg.
Tip This is tree pose: the foot rests flat against the standing knee.
Step 9: Foot and mat
From one leg line, draw a foot round toe and heel, stopping at the other. Draw a flat mat underneath.
Step 10: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face, neck, arms, hands, legs and foot peach, with a pink circle on each cheek.
Tip Keep the eyes white.
Step 11: Purple leotard, green mat
Colour the leotard purple around the arms and hands, and the mat green.
Step 12: Brown hair
Colour the hair and the bun brown. Go over your lines and your yoga pose is done!