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This article was reviewed by Jeanine Hattas Wilson. Jeanine Hattas Wilson is a Professional Painter and the President of Hattas Public Murals, Inc. With nearly 20 years of experience, Jeanine specializes in creating, overseeing, designing, and painting murals. Jeanine holds a BA in Advertising from Marquette University and a Studio Painting Minor from The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. She has studied at The Atelier Artien in Paris, France, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, and under renowned artists such as Robert Liberace, Michael Siegel, and William Cochran. To date, Hattas Public Murals has painted nearly 5,000 commissioned works of art in homes and commercial and public spaces. wikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. In this case, several readers have written to tell us that this article was helpful to them, earning it our reader-approved status. This article has been viewed 383,353 times.
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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1 Start with the guidelines by drawing a big ball near the bottom of the paper
2Draw a medium sized ball overlapping the top of the big ball Advertisement
3 Draw another ball on top of those that is slightly smaller than the rest. 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.
4 Sketch in the carrot nose and circles for the face and buttons.
5 Sketch a scarf below the smallest ball. Draw a hat that looks like a top hat for your snowman’s head.
6 Sketch 2 branches for his arms. Finally, sketch extra snow under the biggest ball and add a snow floor.
7 Finalize the outlines and erase the guidelines.
8 Color your drawing to add life to the snowman.
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Question How do I draw the scarf? Community Answer 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. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful.Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 29 Helpful 66
Question How can I draw this neatly? Community Answer It is not hard, but if you're finding it hard, you'll need to do plenty of practice to perfect it. Do a rough drawing first, with all the lines crossing over and erasing. Then, do a neat copy. Draw the shapes, but not overlapping them. Keep trying until you can do a marvelous job. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful.Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 53 Helpful 92
Question How do I color the snowman and what colors should I use? Craftsmart Top Answerer One color that can be used is light blue around the edges of the circles, to simulate the snow. Other colors are black and red for the hat, brown or black for the eyes, mouth, and buttons, brown for the arms and orange for the nose. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful.Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 27 Helpful 40
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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.) Thanks Helpful 12 Not Helpful 1
Don't do a wonky hat. Thanks Helpful 7 Not Helpful 5
Try gluing on objects from real life for a 3-D effect. Thanks Helpful 7 Not Helpful 8
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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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Reviewed by: Jeanine Hattas Wilson Artist This article was reviewed by Jeanine Hattas Wilson. Jeanine Hattas Wilson is a Professional Painter and the President of Hattas Public Murals, Inc. With nearly 20 years of experience, Jeanine specializes in creating, overseeing, designing, and painting murals. Jeanine holds a BA in Advertising from Marquette University and a Studio Painting Minor from The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. She has studied at The Atelier Artien in Paris, France, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, and under renowned artists such as Robert Liberace, Michael Siegel, and William Cochran. To date, Hattas Public Murals has painted nearly 5,000 commissioned works of art in homes and commercial and public spaces. This article has been viewed 383,353 times. 475 votes - 73% Co-authors: 34Updated: December 5, 2022 Views: 383,353 Categories: Drawing Animated Characters In other languages Spanish Russian Italian Japanese
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Anonymous
Oct 30, 2017
"Kept trying to do the circles freehand and no luck. Read about using the cups, which worked like a charm. Did the nose a bit more like the How to Draw a Snowman Face and used those guides for the face and hat. Combine the two, and you have it!"..." more
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Anonymous
Oct 30, 2017
"Kept trying to do the circles freehand and no luck. Read about using the cups, which worked like a charm. Did the nose a bit more like the How to Draw a Snowman Face and used those guides for the face and hat. Combine the two, and you have it!"..." more
Constance
Oct 27, 2022
"It helped me a lot because it helped me through all the very, very good snowman. I am very happy at home and how my snowman turned out. The drawing would have looked incomplete if it had not had the great snowman you helped me make, thank you."..." more
Naman Jain
Dec 6, 2022
"I needed to draw a snowman for my school project, and this tutorial really helped me. I wish I could donate, but I'm a kid, so I don't have any money yet."..." more
Hannah Munoz
Dec 24, 2017
"Its so cute! Perfect for a Christmas card and simple! Made it for relatives. Excellent job wikiHow!"
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1 Start with the guidelines by drawing a big ball near the bottom of the paper 
2Draw a medium sized ball overlapping the top of the big ball Advertisement 
3 Draw another ball on top of those that is slightly smaller than the rest. 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. 
4 Sketch in the carrot nose and circles for the face and buttons. 
5 Sketch a scarf below the smallest ball. Draw a hat that looks like a top hat for your snowman’s head. 
6 Sketch 2 branches for his arms. Finally, sketch extra snow under the biggest ball and add a snow floor. 
7 Finalize the outlines and erase the guidelines. 
8 Color your drawing to add life to the snowman. Advertisement 
Community Answer 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. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 29 Helpful 66 
Community Answer It is not hard, but if you're finding it hard, you'll need to do plenty of practice to perfect it. Do a rough drawing first, with all the lines crossing over and erasing. Then, do a neat copy. Draw the shapes, but not overlapping them. Keep trying until you can do a marvelous job. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 53 Helpful 92 
Craftsmart Top Answerer One color that can be used is light blue around the edges of the circles, to simulate the snow. Other colors are black and red for the hat, brown or black for the eyes, mouth, and buttons, brown for the arms and orange for the nose. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 27 Helpful 40 