Draw a Fairy
Fairies are mythical beings with magical powers. This tutorial will show you step-by-step instructions on how to draw a fairy.
Contents
Steps
Method One: A Fairy Sitting on a Flower
- Sketch a large flower.
- Draw a stick figure of a fairy sitting on the center of the flower.
- Sketch the fairy’s body and add a pair of wings on her back.
- Draw the fairy’s dress.
- Sketch the parts of the face like the eyes, nose and lips; frame it with the hairstyle you want. Some fairies have pointy ears, you can also draw it here.
- Darken the outline of the body you sketched earlier.
- Refine the lines and erase unnecessary ones.
- Color the fairy.
Method Two: A Cute Fairy
- Sketch a rough outline of the fairy's body using a stick figure. During this step, think of what position you imagine your fairy to be in - she could be sitting or lying down. This illustration will be a sketch of a fairy that is flying. Add a crossed vertical and horizontal line on the face for accurate positioning of the face’s parts.
- Draw the fairy’s body. Add a pair of wings and refine the hands’ details by drawing the fingers.
- Sketch a pair of large anime style eyes. Draw the nose and sketch a smiling lip on the fairy’s face.
- Sketch the outline of the face and frame it with your desired hairstyle.
- Draw the fairy’s dress.
- Darken the body’s outline and add design, as desired on the wings.
- Add pixie dust for added glimmer, if you want.
- Color the fairy.
Method Three: A Girl Flower Fairy
- Sketch a circle for the head.
- Sketch the guidelines for the face as well as the chin and the jaw line.
- Then, sketch an oblong for the body.
- Add the extremities (arms and the legs).
- Draw the fairy wings by drawing irregular oblongs.
- Sketch the draft of the hair you want for your fairy.
- Sketch the clothes of the fairy as you want.
- Sketch 2 circles for the eyes.
- Draw the basic outline of the fairy.
- Erase the draft and put in more details.
- Color the fairy.
Method Four: A Boy Tree Fairy
- Sketch a circle for the head. Add a line in the middle of the circle.
- Sketch the chin and the jaw line.
- Then, sketch an oblong for the body and the extremities (arms and the legs).
- Sketch the guidelines of the face.
- Sketch the draft shapes for the mouth and the eyes.
- Sketch the draft of the fairy wings.
- Sketch the hair of the fairy as you want.
- Sketch the clothes of the fairy.
- Draw the basic outline of the fairy.
- Erase the draft and put in more details.
- Color the fairy.
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser gum
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers, watercolors or felt tips