How to Draw George Washington
Young artists can learn how to draw George Washington by following the example drawings in this easy tutorial.
Create along with these clear 6 drawing steps. You’ll learn the basics for drawing George Washington.
This lesson only takes about 20 minutes and has a PDF near the bottom of the lesson you can easily print or download. The pdf lesson even contains a coloring book page with just the line art. This pairs perfectly with crayons or markers. It is wonderful for very young kids needing extra guidance and simply looking to fill in George Washington.
Drawing is much more fun when you have a easy-to-understand lesson to follow. Let’s get drawing!
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- How to Draw George Washington Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)

In this lesson, we will begin with a blank piece of paper and learn how to draw George Washington in no time. We will pay attention to the shape and size of each of the drawn parts of the George Washington.
Time Needed: 20 minutes
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Draw The Head
We start by drawing the head just like in the illustration shown here.
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Add The Hair
Then, let us add the hair on the top of President Washington’s head.
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Draw The Face
After that, we draw George Washington’s face.
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Add The Clothes
Next we draw his clothes.
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Add Portrait Details
Lastly, we add a curved shape below to complete the drawing which is very characteristic of an old painting of the famous president.
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Complete Your Drawing
Let us grab our coloring tools and color our artwork.
How to Draw George Washington PDF Download
Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for How to Draw George Washington. The last page of the downloadable PDF includes a coloring book page with just the outlines and an extension exercise for prompting kids to get creative!