Here you’ll find an easy draw a Stick Person tutorial. Adding painted lines around the outside makes it a really fun painting.

Jump to Tutorial
Crayon Drawing
Draw More People

Here’s an idea of what to do if your children are maybe getting stuck trying to make the PERFECT drawing, especially a self portrait. Are they erasing more than drawing lately? Then try this stick figure out.

Ask them to throw out (for a moment) all that they have learned about drawing bodies, and tell them they MUST draw themselves with only stick arms and legs. It helps then to have a really thick black permanent marker to make these lines really bold, and then just concentrate on painting any kind of rainbow ring around them.

Keep the inside white though, as it will add lots of fun CONTRAST to your work (one of the Principles of Design). See? You snuck some learning in to a very simple un-fancy art project. Good for you!

Use the button below to grab this tutorial

open stick person Tutorial

Materials

*The below product links are referrals. If you click through and take action, I’ll be compensated a small amount, at no extra expense to you.

Watercolor Paper*

Liquid Watercolor Paint*

Crayola Crayons*

Rounded Paintbrush

Pencil*

Non Spill Paint Cups*

Directions

Time needed: 30 minutes

Draw yourself as a stick person, using ONLY LINES for the legs, hands, fingers and hair. Trace the drawing with a thick black permanent marker.
Outline the stick person with a thick line of watercolor paint. Work slowly and try not to get any paint inside the body so it stays white.
While still wet, add more rings of color, taking care to overlap just a bit to make the colors bleed.
While still wet, add more rings of color, taking care to overlap just a bit to make the colors bleed.
Repeat with more rings until the background is filled. Leaving the inside of the
body white will create contrast and bring attention to the stick drawing.