How to Draw Cinderella

Use images of women wearing ball gowns for reference.

Cinderella, best known for her role in the Disney film of the same name, serves as an iconic image of simple, feminine beauty. Cinderella wears a flowing blue dress, an elegant golden up-do and simple blueish gloves and headbands. If you wish to create a personalized version of Cinderella, change her dress slightly while keeping the shape and design similar. You may wish to make the skirt thinner, the sleeves longer or the dress shorter.

Things You'll Need

• Colored pencils or pens

Instructions

1. Draw a round, long oval for the outline of the head. Add a small, short line for the neck.

2. Add the outline of the torso, a horizontal line for the shoulders that falls into a curved, semi-vertical line. This vertical line should be rounder and wider at the chest and should curve inward toward the waist.

3. Draw the outline of the Cinderella dress. The dress starts just below the waist and reaches a very wide, curved line at the feet. The dress shape looks like a wide bell. The line that connects the waist of the dress to the end of the dress forms a 45-degree angle with the legs. Draw a rounded line at the bottom of the dress. The bottom of the dress curves upward at the end to meet the sides of the dress.

4. Add two-almond shaped eyes, half-ay down Cinderella's face. Draw a triangular shape for the nose and a semi-circle mouth. Fill out the neck so that it is slightly thinner than the head and add a choker necklace where the neck meets the collarbone.

5. Draw the puffed sleeves of the dress. These sleeves cover the shoulders and stop at the end of the shoulder. They are tall and reach just above the chin. Draw the arms that extend from these shoulders, finishing them with an outline of the fingers. Draw the long gloves that Cinderella wears by drawing a line that cuts the upper arm at the upper arm's halfway point.

6. Add detail to the dress. Draw semi-vertical lines that follow the flow of the fabric. Start by drawing a line just below the point where the dress bottom extends. Make the line slightly curved and end it just below the bottom of the dress. Move slightly to the right and draw a semi-curved line from just below the top of the dress skirt to just below the top of the dress bottom. This line should move slightly to the right. Add several lines to the dress so that there are four to eight lines total.

7. Draw a foot extending from the dress. Add a shoe to the foot by drawing a small line one-third of the way from the tip of the foot.

8. Add hair to Cinderella. The hair should be an up-do that is slightly poofy in the front and round at the tip. Draw a headband from one ear to the other.

9. Color Cinderella. Her skin should be a light, peach color and her hair should be golden blonde. Her dress is light blue while her dress sleeves and gloves are a brighter, lighter blue.

References

• Drago Art: How to Draw Cinderella
• Drawing Now: How to Draw a Disney Princess

Resources

• All Posters Images: Cinderella
• Wedding Gowns: Cinderella