Fairy Drawings in Pencil.

The following fairy drawings were the first stages for an illustration. You can learn how to draw a fairy by follwing the process.

As we often tend to draw fairies like humans we need to be able to draw the human figure to some degree.

Drawing a fairy need not be too complicated and a lot of us use a mannikin to help us with the positioning and proportions of the human body.

1. I start with a oval for the face and divide it to give me the centre of the face and angle the fairy is looking. I draw an eye line in so I can place the eyes correctly.

2. I draw another oval to give me the side of the head. I sketch where the eyes, nose and ear will be.

3. I sketch the shoulders and torso.

4. The legs are two tubes beneath a rectangle where the figure's hips should be.

5. I sketch in the arms and feet.

6. The breakdown is complete with the addition of wings. I am basing them on butterfly wings.

7. Now I draw in the face. It has a semi cartoon look.

8. A close up will help if you are copying the drawing. The features are childlike.

9. The hair is piled up on the head.

10. Another close up.

11. I sketch the shoulders and neck muscles.

12. Now the arms. This is where some knowledge of human anatomy will help. Life classes are always a great idea for anyone who wants to depict the human body but if this isn't something you want to do buy a good book on the subject. There are dozens of very good books available.