How to Draw a Snowman

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The snowman is a simple yet cute design. Once you've got the hang of how to draw one (and it really won't take you long to learn), you'll be able to improve on this design by making it more three dimensional, more colorful or simply more innovative. This design is excellent for adding to cards, craft projects and painting onto winter scenes.

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    Start with the guidelines by drawing a big ball near the bottom of the paper
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    You can use more than three balls, just make sure the one you put on top of the others needs to be slightly smaller than the one before.
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    Draw a hat that looks like a top hat for your snowman’s head.
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    Finally, sketch extra snow under the biggest ball and add a snow floor.
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    Sketch a band around its neck, then sketch two rectangles coming off the end of the band. Erase any lines going through the rectangles. You may add some lines off the edges for the fringe.
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      • Try to find something round like the bottom of a cup. You can trace around the bottom of the cup for the circles you will need for the snowman body.(But, you would need to find different sized cups, because each circle needs to be smaller than the one under it.)
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      • Don't do a wonky hat.
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      • Try gluing on objects from real life for a 3-D effect.
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      • If you're drawing on a colored sheet of paper or a card, you can use chalk to color in the snow for a more realistic effect.
      • If you're having a hard time drawing perfectly round circles, trace around a round object of the appropriate size.
      • Erase any extra lines after you're done for a more polished picture.
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      Things You'll Need

      • Paper
      • Pencil
      • Cups or something round (possibly)

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