How to Draw a Fairy

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Learn how to draw a fairy. Fairies are magical creatures beloved by people across the world. They usually look like human beings, except smaller and with lovely wings so they can fly. They can be playful and sweet or cast tricks and spells! Check out this cute fairy to draw and color.

Fairies often like to remain unseen by humans, but occasionally reveal themselves to a select few. Some of the most popular fairies are benevolent guardians of children and people in need. In these cases, they use their magic to heal and protect. Fairies live in all sorts of places! Some stay inside the trees and fly high among the leaves. Other fairies like to make their homes under the hills where no human can find them. They love to throw magical parties, play music, and dance. Have you ever seen a fairy before? Here is a cute little fairy just for you to draw Suggested art supplies for how to draw a cute fairy: drawing paper, pencils, markers or colored pencils. Crayons will work fine as well for the fairy coloring page you create by drawing a fairy! Now let's get started with "How to Draw a Fairy."
Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 1: Start by drawing an oval shape for the head and the gesture line

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 2: Draw gesture arms and legs, hands and feet. Draw a straight line from one of the circle hand shapes, this is going to be the fairy’s magical wand!

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon fairy Drawing 3: Outline the fairy’s body.

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 4: Draw in the eye shapes, nose, mouth, and ear

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 5: Make a large X through the middle of the fairy’s body, intersecting the main gesture line. Draw loops around each end of the X. Those are for the fairy’s gossamer wings! Draw a simple skirt shape around her waist.

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 6: Draw the hair! Let’s give her some wild pigtails and bangs!

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 7: Erase all the gesture lines.

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 8: Inside the skirt shape, draw several flower petals. Draw the neckline, the sash across her dress, and the shoes on her feet.

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 9: Inside the circle shapes on the ends of the fairy’s arms, draw the hands. Fill in the eye shapes with pupils and add pretty eyelashes!

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 10: Add some lines on the wings, like what you see on an insect or a leaf. Erase the circles around the hands and skirt shape around the petals. Since this fairy has a magic wand, it should have some sparkle, don’t you think?

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 11: Outline your fairy in ink and erase the pencil lines. How adorable!

Draw a Fairy - Cartoon Fairy Drawing 12: Color your fairy using markers, crayon, colored pencil or paint.