Learn how to draw a great looking Little Red Riding Hood with easy drawing instructions and video tutorial.
By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Little Red Riding Hood.
Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing Little Red Riding Hood
How to Draw a Great Looking Little Red Riding Hood for Kids and Beginners - Step 1
1. Begin the Little Red Riding Hood outline by drawing the girl's face. Use a long curved line for the face and shorter lines to outline the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Shade thick curves above the eyes for the eyebrows. Within each eye, draw an oval inside an oval, and shade between them.
Drawing Step 2
2. Use short lines to contour around the eyes and draw the eyelashes. Then, use curved lines of different lengths that meet at jagged points to draw her hair.
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Drawing Step 3
3. Finish her hair. Use two short lines for her neck, and draw a big bow beneath it. Then, use long curved lines that overlap one another to enclose the top of her namesake hood.
Drawing Step 4
4. Extend curved lines from the bow and double them back on themselves. Texture the lobes of the bow with short lines. Then, use a series of curved lines to draw her arm, the lacey cuff of her sleeve, and her hand.
Drawing Step 5
5. In her hand, draw a flower. Use an oval for the center and "U" shaped lines for the petals. Draw a curved line for the stem, and complete her hand around it.
Then, use a series of curved lines to draw her torso and begin her opposite arm.
Drawing Step 6
6. Draw the handle of the basket over her arm and the cloth laid on top, then finish her remaining arm.
Drawing Step 7
7. Finish the basket. Then use curved lines to draw her belt, skirt, and cape.
Add More Details to Your Little Red Riding Hood Picture - Step 8
8. Use overlapping curved lines to draw the bottom of her dress. Then sketch her legs and the irregular shapes of her shoes.
Complete the Outline of Your Little Red Riding Hood Drawing - Step 9
9. Texture the fabric of her dress and basket with curved lines. Texture the side of the basket with a cross-hatching pattern.
Color Your Little Red Riding Hood Drawing
Your Little Red Riding Hood outline is now complete. Color your cartoon character. As her name suggests, her cape and hood should be red.
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Learn More About The Little Red Riding Hood Drawing
Little Red Riding Hood is a classic children's story. You can learn how to draw Little Red Riding Hood herself with the help of this easy, step-by-step drawing guide.
Little Red wears a hooded cape - that's her red riding hood. She has a basket of goodies for her grandmother in one hand and a flower in the other. Stopping to pick flowers allowed the wolf to get to Grandma's house first and trick her!
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