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The snowman is a simple yet cute design. Once you've got the hang of how to draw one (and it really won't take you long to learn), you'll be able to improve on this design by making it more three dimensional, more colorful or simply more innovative. This design is excellent for adding to cards, craft projects and painting onto winter scenes.

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  1. 1

    Start with the guidelines by drawing a big ball near the bottom of the paper

  2. 2

    Draw a medium sized ball overlapping the top of the big ball

  3. 3

    Draw another ball on top of those that is slightly smaller than the rest. You can use more than three balls, just make sure the one you put on top of the others needs to be slightly smaller than the one before.

  4. 4

    Sketch in the carrot nose and circles for the face and buttons.

  5. 5

    Sketch a scarf below the smallest ball. Draw a hat that looks like a top hat for your snowman's head.

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    Sketch 2 branches for his arms. Finally, sketch extra snow under the biggest ball and add a snow floor.

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    Finalize the outlines and erase the guidelines.

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    Color your drawing to add life to the snowman.

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  • Question

    How do I draw the scarf?

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    Sketch a band around its neck, then sketch two rectangles coming off the end of the band. Erase any lines going through the rectangles. You may add some lines off the edges for the fringe.

  • Question

    How can I draw this neatly?

    Community Answer

    It is not hard, but if you're finding it hard, you'll need to do plenty of practice to perfect it. Do a rough drawing first, with all the lines crossing over and erasing. Then, do a neat copy. Draw the shapes, but not overlapping them. Keep trying until you can do a marvelous job.

  • Question

    How do I color the snowman and what colors should I use?

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    One color that can be used is light blue around the edges of the circles, to simulate the snow. Other colors are black and red for the hat, brown or black for the eyes, mouth, and buttons, brown for the arms and orange for the nose.

  • Question

    How do I draw the scarf?

    Community Answer

    Sketch a band around its neck, then sketch two rectangles coming off the end of it. Erase any lines going through the rectangles, and you can add some lines off the edges for the fringe.

  • Question

    How do I draw Santa?

  • Question

    How do I get the circles perfect?

    Community Answer

    You can use a compass or you can trace around the lip of an overturned glass or cup.

  • Question

    Is It important to draw the circles perfectly?

    Community Answer

    No; if you think about it, the snowmen you make are not completely round. If you do a complete scene, it won't even be noticeable.

  • Question

    How do I draw the scarf?

    Community Answer

    Sketch a band around its neck, then sketch two rectangles coming off the end of it. Erase any lines going through the rectangles, and you can add some lines off the edges for the fringe.

  • Question

    How do I draw its arm?

    Community Answer

    Just follow the picture guide. Remember, it shouldn't be perfect, just like a real snowman's twig arms.

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  • Try to find something round like the bottom of a cup. You can trace around the bottom of the cup for the circles you will need for the snowman body.(But, you would need to find different sized cups, because each circle needs to be smaller than the one under it.)

  • Try gluing on objects from real life for a 3-D effect.

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Things You'll Need

  • Paper
  • Pencil
  • Cups or something round (possibly)

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