Cinderella is a character from the famous children's fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm. The heroine of this work can be drawn in different styles, using different tools. Beginning artists need to know what may be needed for drawing, read several step-by-step master classes.
What do you need for drawing?
To draw Cinderella you will need:
- simple pencil;
- eraser;
- sharpener;
- thick paper;
- black gel pen;
- art brushes;
- Coloring materials: paints, colored pencils, markers or art pastels.
In the world, the most popular image of Cinderella is considered to be the character from the Disney cartoon. The heroine of the fairy tale is often depicted in drawings in a blue ball gown, with light hair gathered in a high hairstyle.
The table lists the colors needed to paint the Disney Cinderella and where to apply them:
| Yellow | Hairstyle |
| Blue | Hem of the dress, corset, irises of the eyes, ribbon on the neck |
| Blue | Gloves, dress sleeves, skirt top layer, hair band and earrings |
| White | Flares, frills at the bottom of the hem |
| Beige | Open areas of the body |
| Brown | Brows |
| Pink | Lips, blush on the cheeks |
For different art materials, you need to choose the right paper. Pencil drawing can be done on album sheets or printer paper. For painting, it is better to use special sheets with a rough surface that absorb moisture well without deforming.
Step by step instructions on how to draw Cinderella with a pencil
Cinderella (a drawing for children can be seen at the end of the article) was dressed in a magnificent dress at the ball. In the drawing, you need to draw all the folds, frills and small elements of the outfit so that the picture turns out beautiful. For work, you will need 3 pencils of different degrees of hardness: hard (T), soft (M), medium (TM).
Sketch
A sketch is auxiliary lines that indicate the main shapes and positions of the remaining elements of the picture. It is drawn with a pencil marked "T". The lines should be thin and barely noticeable so that they can be easily erased with an eraser.
How to draw:
- Draw a small oval. This is the base for the princess's head.
- Add a neck, sloping shoulders. Immediately draw the shape of the neckline on the dress.
- Finish drawing the body. In the upper part, outline a slightly protruding chest, and at the bottom, bring the lines closer to each other. Cinderella's waist should be slender.
- Schematically outline the shape of the long and fluffy hem of the dress.
- Finish drawing short puff sleeves.
- Draw Cinderella's hands.
Use an eraser to erase all unnecessary lines.
Face and hair styling
The face and hair should be drawn with a hard-soft pencil. Before work, it should be well sharpened so that the lines are neat.
Procedure:
- Inside the oval base of the head, draw a horizontal line that will serve as a guide for drawing the eyes.
- From the crown to the chin, draw a vertical line indicating the position of the nose.
- Use a short horizontal line to mark the location of the mouth.
- Draw 2 eyes with pupils and irises.
- Finish drawing thick eyelashes.
- Add slightly arched eyebrows.
- The nose can be depicted with 1 smooth line. Draw the wings of the nose in the form of small arcs.
- Finish drawing a smiling mouth and thin lips.
- Draw a lush fringe above the eyebrows.
- Add a headband, and then draw the rest of the hairstyle. It should be twice as high as the bangs. To make the hair look more natural, you need to draw a few strands.
Erase all unnecessary lines with an eraser.
Outfit details
The details of the outfit are drawn with the same pencil.
Procedure:
- Divide the hem into 2 parts with a thin line. Finish drawing the top skirt.
- On the left side, depict 4-5 deep folds of fabric, using long and smooth lines.
- Draw 2-3 large folds on the right side, as if this part of the dress is slightly raised. The bottom layer of fabric should be visible, where you need to draw small semicircular ruffles.
- On both arms, above the elbow, draw horizontal lines. These will be the rubber bands of the gloves.
- Draw small folds of fabric where the arms bend.
- Draw a ribbon tied around the neck.
Draw earrings in the form of small circles, placing them closer to the temples.
Shadow casting
To make the drawing look three-dimensional, you need to shade some of its areas.
How to do it correctly:
- Using a hard pencil, color in the hair, irises, top layer of the skirt, gloves and ruffles.
- Using a hard-soft pencil, shade the headband, earrings, ribbon, main part of the hem of the dress and the corset.
- Use a soft pencil to darken the folds on the hem and gloves.
- On the right side, darken the earrings a little, as well as the outer parts of the gloves.
Carefully blend the strokes applied with a soft pencil.
Pattern variations
The images of Cinderella from Russian and foreign cartoons differ, so this character can be depicted in a drawing in different ways. In addition, many artists often experiment with different styles, radically changing the body shapes and facial features of famous characters, leaving only some details recognizable, such as hairstyle or clothing.
The instructions provided later in the article describe step by step how to draw Cinderella in different styles, using various materials and tools.
Gouache drawing of Cinderella from Disney
Cinderella (the drawing for children under 10 years old should be large) from Disney looks feminine and elegant. She is dressed in a lush blue ball gown. It needs to be colored correctly to get a beautiful drawing, but first you should make a sketch with a simple pencil.
Procedure:
- Draw the head and body.
- Add a fluffy bottom to the dress and draw on puff sleeves.
- On the oval, make markings that will help draw the facial features symmetrically.
- Use thin lines to indicate the position of the hands.
- Draw Cinderella's hair. Decorate it with a headband.
- Draw a face.
- Show a few folds on the sleeves and divide the corset into 2 parts with a thin, vertical line.
- Slightly highlight the chest.
- Draw hands.
- Finish drawing the top layer of the skirt.
- Add pleats to the hem and show off the ruffles along the bottom edge.
- Draw gloves, a ribbon on the neck and earrings.
- Paint the hair with yellow gouache.
- Mix orange paint with white in equal parts. Paint over the exposed areas of Cinderella's body.
- Mix blue paint with white in a 2:1 ratio and paint the corset and hem of the dress.
- Paint the gloves, earrings, headband and irises blue.
- Outline your lips with pink paint.
- Dilute the pink color with water and apply a small amount of paint to the princess's cheeks, imitating a blush.
- Paint the eyebrows with brown gouache.
- Mix blue gouache with a drop of black and paint the ribbon on the neck.
- Darken the folds on the hem with blue.
Use a black gel pen to paint Cinderella's eyelashes.
Watercolor drawing of Cinderella from Russian cartoon
In the Russian cartoon, Cinderella looks very young, without feminine forms. In the drawings, she is often depicted in the image before the transformation: a worn dress with patches, a cap, wooden galoshes and disheveled hair. The color scheme of the drawing differs from the "Disney" version.
You will need paints in the following shades:
- blue;
- black;
- brown;
- orange;
- yellow;
- pink;
- white.
How to draw:
- Using a simple pencil, draw a round head, slightly tilted to the right.
- Draw a thin neck and a narrow body.
- Finish drawing the arms. They should be slightly bent, as Cinderella will be holding a glass slipper in front of her.
- Draw a long hem of the dress, but not as lush as that of a ball gown.
- Draw Cinderella's eyes, thin, arched eyebrows, a nose in the shape of an inverted arc, and a modestly smiling mouth.
- Finish drawing the hair and cap on the head.
- Draw an apron on the dress. Draw several square patches on it.
- At the bottom, the hem of the dress should be torn. The scraps of fabric can be depicted as a zigzag line.
- Two large wooden galoshes should be visible from under the dress.
- Draw a collar and rolled-up sleeves on top.
- Now you can color the drawing. Mix orange paint with white in equal parts. Color the open areas of Cinderella's body.
- Mix yellow with a drop of brown. Paint the hair.
- Mix brown with white in a 2:1 ratio. Paint the apron and rolled up parts of the sleeves.
- Paint the dress and the patches on the apron with brown paint.
- Mix blue with white in a 1:2 ratio, paint the collar of the dress, as well as the cap and shoe.
- Use blue paint to color the irises of the eyes, darken the bottom edge of the cap and the inside of the shoe.
- Paint your lips pink.
Using a thin brush, outline the drawing with black watercolors and add Cinderella's eyelashes.
Cinderella with a smiley face
Preschoolers find it difficult to draw symmetrical faces. To make the task easier, you can ask your child to draw Cinderella's face as a simple smiley: round eyes, a tick-shaped nose, and an arched smile.
How to draw:
- Draw a round head using a simple pencil.
- Draw an oval body below. Connect the figures with 2 smooth lines.
- Draw the fluffy bottom of the dress.
- Use an eraser to erase extra lines.
- Finish drawing the arms and puff sleeves.
- Draw a semicircular neckline for the dress.
- Design the hairstyle. Draw a lush fringe, headband and the rest of the hair schematically.
- Draw a thin belt on the waist.
- Draw a smiley face. Draw the eyes as 2 small circles.
- Draw thin, house-shaped eyebrows.
- Draw a ribbon tied around the neck.
- You can color the picture with colored pencils. Shade the dress, headband, and ribbon on the neck with blue.
- Use a yellow pencil to color the hair and the belt at the waist.
- Color the eyes with a blue pencil.
- Outline the mouth with pink and use light strokes to indicate the blush on the cheeks.
Trace the outline of the picture with a black marker. Draw Cinderella's lush eyelashes.
Portrait of Cinderella
Cinderella (a drawing for children that can be used for copying is presented at the end of the article) from Disney is so popular that she can be recognized even without a fancy dress. You can depict only the head of the character, without small details.
How to draw:
- Draw an oval head using a simple pencil.
- Draw a horizontal line to serve as a guide for drawing the eyes.
- Draw the same line a little higher, which will help to draw the eyebrows evenly.
- Draw a vertical line from the top of the head to the chin. This is a guide for drawing the nose.
- Stepping back slightly from the chin, use a horizontal line to indicate the position of the mouth.
- Draw Cinderella's eyes. The marked line should pass through the middle of each eye.
- Add the iris and pupils. Draw the eyelids. Draw the eyelashes.
- Corresponding to the intended line, draw a thin arc across the bridge of the nose on the left side. Draw small nostrils below. You shouldn't draw the entire nose. The image may turn out overloaded.
- Draw a slightly open mouth with thin lips. On the upper lip, be sure to draw 2 small bumps.
- Draw thin, arched eyebrows above the eyes.
- Use the eraser to erase all auxiliary lines.
- Design the hair. Draw a lush fringe, a headband and the rest of the hair gathered into a high bun. Draw 2 groups of large strands on the sides. So that the hair looks voluminous.
- Draw earrings.
The picture can be colored with paints or pencils. At the end, you need to outline the drawing with black color.
Cinderella in anime style
Anime style characters turn out cute.
It's very easy to draw this Cinderella:
- Draw the head in the shape of a square with rounded corners.
- Draw a thin neck and a disproportionately small body.
- Finish drawing a very fluffy dress.
- Add small hands with 4 fingers.
- Style your hair.
- Draw puffy sleeves and outline the folds on the dress, draw ruffles at the bottom.
- Draw the eyes large and oval. In each eye, depict 1 round glare.
- Outline the upper parts of the eyes, draw 2 thin and long eyelashes.
- Draw thin, arched eyebrows above the eyes.
- Draw a ribbon on the neck. Add round earrings.
- You don't have to draw the nose at all. Draw the mouth as an inverted arc.
The picture can be colored with paints, and then outlined with a black gel pen. Also in the anime drawing style, the blush on the cheeks is depicted in the form of circles, or in the form of 3 horizontal stripes of pink color.
Drawing by cells
Cinderella (a drawing for school-age children, in this style, helps develop attention) in the form of a pixel image, remains recognizable, thanks to the correctly selected colors. You can color the notebook cells with pencils or felt-tip pens.
What colors will you need:
- light yellow and yellow;
- blue;
- dark blue and blue;
- beige;
- black;
- pink.
The drawing is done from bottom to top. The cells are counted from left to right.
Instructions for the drawing:
- Using a simple pencil and a ruler, mark out a rectangle 25 cells wide and 35 cells high.
- On the bottom row, on the left, skip 6 cells. Paint the next 13 cells blue. Leave the remaining 6 empty.
- New row: 4 empty, 2 blue, 1 dark blue, 11 blue, 1 dark blue, 2 blue, 4 empty cells.
- 2 empty, 4 blue, 1 dark blue, 11 blue, 1 dark blue, 4 blue, 2 empty cells.
- 1 empty, 1 blue, 1 dark blue, 4 blue, 1 dark blue, 9 blue, 1 dark blue, 4 blue, 1 dark blue, 1 blue, 1 empty cell.
- 3 blue, 1 dark blue, 4 blue, 1 dark blue, 7 blue, 1 dark blue, 4 blue, 1 dark blue, 3 blue cells.
- 3 blue, 1 dark blue, 5 blue, 1 dark blue, 5 blue, 1 dark blue, 5 blue, 1 dark blue, 3 blue cells.
- 1 empty, 3 blue, 1 dark blue, 4 blue, 1 dark blue, 5 blue, 1 dark blue, 4 blue, 1 dark blue, 3 blue, 1 empty cell.
- 2 empty, 8 blue, 1 dark blue, 3 blue, 1 dark blue, 8 blue, 2 empty cells.
- 3 empty, 1 blue, 4 dark blue, 3 blue, 1 dark blue, 1 blue, 1 dark blue, 3 blue, 4 dark blue, 1 blue, 3 empty cells.
- 4 empty, 7 dark blue, 1 blue, 1 dark blue, 1 blue, 7 dark blue, 4 empty cells.
- 4 empty, 17 dark blue, 4 empty cells.
- 5 empty, 1 dark blue, 2 light blue, 9 dark blue, 2 light blue, 1 dark blue, 5 empty cells.
- 6 empty, 3 blue, 7 dark blue, 3 blue, 6 empty cells.
- 6 empty, 2 blue, 2 empty, 5 blue, 2 empty, 2 blue, 6 empty cells.
- 6 empty, 2 beige, 1 empty, 7 blue, 1 empty, 2 beige, 6 empty cells.
- 6 empty, 2 beige, 9 blue, 2 beige, 6 empty cells.
- 5 empty, 2 blue, 1 beige, 9 blue, 1 beige, 2 blue, 5 empty cells.
- 5 empty, 4 blue, 1 blue, 5 beige, 5 blue, 5 empty cells.
- 5 empty, 5 blue, 5 beige, 5 blue, 5 empty cells.
- 7 empty, 3 blue, 1 empty, 3 dark blue, 1 empty, 3 blue, 7 empty cells.
- 9 empty, 7 beige, 9 empty cells.
- 8 empty, 9 beige, 8 empty cells.
- 7 empty, 1 beige, 2 pink, 5 beige, 2 pink, 1 beige, 7 empty cells.
- 5 empty, 1 dark yellow, 1 blue, 2 beige, 2 black, 3 beige, 2 black, 2 beige, 1 blue, 1 dark yellow, 5 empty cells.
- 4 empty, 1 dark yellow, 1 yellow, 1 blue, 2 beige, 1 black, 1 empty, 3 beige, 1 empty, 1 black, 2 beige, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 4 empty cells.
- 4 empty, 1 dark yellow, 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 dark yellow, 9 beige, 1 dark yellow, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 4 empty cells.
- 4 empty, 1 dark yellow, 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 2 beige, 3 dark yellow, 2 beige, 1 dark yellow, 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 4 empty cells.
- 5 empty, 2 dark yellow, 2 blue, 2 dark yellow, 3 yellow, 2 dark yellow, 2 blue, 2 dark yellow, 5 empty cells.
- 7 empty, 1 dark yellow, 2 blue, 5 yellow, 2 blue, 1 dark yellow, 7 empty cells.
- 7 empty, 1 dark yellow, 7 blue, 1 dark yellow, 7 empty cells.
- 7 empty, 1 dark yellow, 2 yellow, 3 dark yellow, 2 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 7 empty cells.
- 7 empty, 1 dark yellow, 1 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 3 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 1 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 7 empty cells.
- 8 empty, 1 dark yellow, 5 yellow, 1 dark yellow, 8 empty.
- 8 empty, 7 dark yellow, 8 empty cells.
This instruction can be used as a graphic dictation for children from 8 years old.
Examples of images for copying, tips for beginners
Tips for aspiring artists:
- When coloring the cells in a notebook with felt-tip pens, you need to place a sheet of paper under the page so that the soaked pigment does not stain the following pages.
- The markings for drawing the face should be drawn without pressing on the pencil so that these lines can then be easily erased with an eraser.
- Watercolor paints do not necessarily need to be mixed with white to get a light shade. These paints are translucent, so they can be applied to paper diluted with water.
- When applying shadows, you need to consider where the light source is approximately. For example, the folds of fabric at the bottom of a dress should be darkened only on one side so that they look natural.
Drawing Cinderella is not difficult. Children will be helped by step-by-step instructions and photos of finished works that can be used for copying.
Video on how to draw Cinderella
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