Drawing Snow White

Here's another tutorial on how to draw Snow White, this one from WikiHow.

Step #1:

Sketch Snow White's body. Draw a vertical line with a curve where the bust will be crossed with a horizontal line for the arms. Then draw an oval on either side of the horizontal line for the hands. On top of the vertical line, make an oval shape for the head. Make a cross on the face to create guidelines for facial features later.

Step #2:

Draw an oval for the torso. Under that, make a curvy skirt shape.

Step #3:

Add the eyes on the horizontal guideline of the face. Draw the eyebrows above. Mouth smiling, slightly open. Small curve for the nose, between the eyes and mouth. Outline the hair using a wavy line. Begin at the top of the head and end at the chin. Draw two outward curving lines from the chin for the neck

Step #4:

Detail the dress. Continue shaping the corset on the torso, and add movement to the skirt. The sleeves should be short and puffy. Put a big collar on the neck.

Step #5:

Add detail to the arms and hands.

Step #6:

Carefully outline the image, erasing all pencil lines when you finish.

Step #7:

Color the image. Add shadows and highlights if desired.

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For more Snow White tutorials, see the earlier drawing lesson by Dawn Darko and also the How to Draw books.

"How To Draw Snow White" Book

 1993 Front Cover

In the 1990s, publisher Walter Foster released the Disney How to Draw Series, a collection of instruction books featuring characters from the animated films. These oversize softcovers contain easy step-by-step lessons for drawing both the main characters and the supporting cast.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was one of these early titles (along with Bambi, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin). Although marketed for children, the instruction is useful for anyone first learning to sketch these illustrated figures.

The introductory pages give a little history on the making of the film and then some basic information on general drawing techniques. The first lesson begins with Snow White's head and facial expressions...

A nice feature of this book is its colorful background imagery. Whether it's the wishing well or a forest glade, these designs only help to enhance the experience of the drawing instruction. The compilation books which were published later do not include this lovely aspect.


Next are steps in drawing the full body followed by some action poses...

The 44-page book includes similar instruction for all of the Dwarfs, the Queen and Witch, the Prince, and the Huntsman. Also covered are the forest animals, the Queen's raven and even a sinister vulture.

1993 Back Cover

How to Draw Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1993 Edition

Illustrated by David Pacheco and Diana Wakeman

ISBN-10: 1560101644

ISBN-13: 978-1560101642

In the 2000s, the collection was renamed the Disney Learn to Draw Series and updated with more books from other films. Today, the Snow White title is no longer available new, although it can be picked up used via any number of online resellers.

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How to Draw Princesses (later released as Learn to Draw Princesses) is a 32-page compilation of drawing instruction taken somewhat from the individual books. It features each of the six princesses pictured on the cover plus Tinker Bell. Introduction written by Catherine McCafferty and published by Walter Foster in 2004.

While this title gives the budding artist a broader sampling of princesses to choose from, it does not include any of the supporting characters.

The "How to Draw" cover updated to "Learn to Draw".

How to use this book...

The Snow White instruction pages are fewer and more basic than those found in her original 1993 How-to-Draw book.

See the book in its entirety on Scribd or purchase it cheap at Amazon or from the publisher.

ISBN-10: 1560106999

ISBN-13: 9781560106999

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In 2010, Walter Foster published an updated version of Learn to Draw Favorite Princesses. The book included the newest character to join the princess team, Tiana. Also added were Mulan and Pocahontas plus numerous supporting characters from the more recent films. No new material, however, was added to the original three princesses, and Tink was bumped to the Learn to Draw the Fairies of Pixie Hollow book. 

All images copyright Disney

ISBN-10: 1600581455
ISBN-13: 978-1600581458

Draw Snow White Tutorial

The following Snow White drawing exercise  is from artist Dawn Darko, the creator of the tutorial site DragonArt.com.

Step 1.
What you will do first is draw out the guidelines and shapes to form a nice body frame for Snow White. Start by drawing out a nicely shaped circle for her head with some facial guidelines drawn in as well. Next you will draw out the shapes of her puffed up shoulder sleeves and then the shape of her narrow torso. Then you can draw the shape of the bottom of her dress as shown. The guidelines for the arms, hands and feet should be drawn in next.

Step 2.
In this step you will start to sketch out the shape of her innocent looking face or shall I say the shape of her cheeks and the beginning lining for her hair. Then you will sketch in her mouth, nose, and first steps of her eyes. After that you can begin the detailing on the left puff shoulder sleeve and then draw out the shapes of her arms and neck. You will also draw out the lining for the creases in her dress as well as the ruffles on the bottom and the detail on her left hand.

Step 3.
As you can see by the time you are done with this step Snow White will almost look like the beautiful princess she is. You will now start sketching in her face like the eyebrows and her hair as well. Then you can add her small perfect bow. You will next draw out her high collar that rest just at the bottom of her hair. Next detail her shoulder sleeves and the front of the top of her dress as well as the bottom. You will also need to draw out the shape of her right arm and hand.

Step 4.
In this last step you will draw in the finishing details for Snow White. Draw the ribbon on her bow as well as the rest of the ruffles in her shoulder sleeve and dress. Next you will draw out her shoes and make sure her eyes are all drawn in as well. Erase all the guidelines and shapes that you drew in step one.

Step 5.
This is what your finished drawing of Snow White should look like when you are done. All you have left to do is color he in her pretty red, blue and yellow colors. That will end this tutorial on how to draw Snow White one of Disney's animated cartoons step by step.

 

And there she is!

All images and instruction copyright Dawn Darko and DragonArt.com. Used with Permission.