Learn how to draw a great looking Harriet Tubman with easy, step-by-step drawing instructions, and video tutorial.
By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Harriet Tubman.
Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing Harriet Tubman
How to Draw a Great Looking Harriet Tubman for Kids and Beginners - Step 1
1. Begin the Harriet Tubman outline by sketching her eyes. Use curved lines to outline her eyes and the top of her nose.
Shade a small circle inside each eye to indicate the pupils. Shade a thick, curved eyebrow above each eye.
Easy Harriet Tubman Drawing - Step 2
2. Use curved lines to sketch Harriet's nostrils and lips. Shade inside each nostril to give the portrait dimension.
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Easy Harriet Tubman Drawing - Step 3
3. Outline the sides of Harriet's face. Use a long curved line for her temple, cheek, and chin.
Then, use a wavy line to draw hair along her forehead and the side of her face. Contour her forehead and cheek with curved lines.
Easy Harriet Tubman Drawing - Step 4
4. Use overlapping wavy lines to draw Harriet's hair. Notice the overlap above her ear and at the part in the middle. Then, use a curved line to draw the back of her neck.
Easy Harriet Tubman Drawing - Step 5
5. Texture Harriet's hair with wavy lines.
Easy Harriet Tubman Drawing - Step 6
6. Draw Harriet's dress. Use curved lines to sketch the rectangular and pentagonal shapes of the dress's collar.
The sides of the collar cross over each other like the ends of this ribbon drawing. Extend a pair of curved lines below the collar, and a line on each side of it to form the shoulders.
Easy Harriet Tubman Drawing - Step 7
7. Use curved lines to outline the shoulders of her dress and the sleeves. Draw a series of circular buttons between the parallel lines.
Add More Details to Your Harriet Tubman Picture - Step 8
8. Draw curved lines across the front of her dress.
Complete the Outline of Your Harriet Tubman Drawing - Step 9
9. Contour Harriet's neck and the fabric of her dress using curved lines.
Color Your Harriet Tubman Drawing
Your Harriet Tubman outline is now complete. Color your portrait.
Existing photographs of Tubman are in black and white, so you get to bring her to life. Tubman had brown skin and brown or black hair. What color dresses do you think she wore?
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Learn More About The Harriet Tubman Drawing
Have you studied about Harriet Tubman in school? Learn how to draw her portrait with the help of this Harriet Tubman drawing tutorial.
Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist. That means she fought against slavery. Enslaved people had to work hard without getting paid for their labor.
Tubman helped people escape from slavery by guiding them along the Underground Railroad. This wasn't a real railroad with trains. Instead, it was a secret trail.
Harriet Tubman is often remembered during Black History Month each February. You can learn about other famous people in black history when you learn how to draw Martin Luther King, Jr.
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