Medusa Drawing
Want to experience how to create a Medusa drawing?
Draw along with these basic 9 drawing steps. You’ll learn the basics for drawing this mythical monster.
In just around 30 minutes, you’ll complete this awesome lesson, and there’s a handy PDF waiting for you to print or download. Inside the PDF, discover a coloring book page featuring just the line art. Perfect for little artists, especially those in need of extra guidance, who want to add vibrant shades to a magical Medusa. Grab your crayons or markers, and let the coloring adventure begin!
Enjoy creating a colorful medusa drawing and remember to add some personal details. It’s time to get creative!
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- Medusa Drawing Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)
This tutorial will instruct you how to draw Medusa. We will pay attention to the shapes of each part and variety of contours drawn making sure that the drawing looks great.
Time Needed: 30 minutes
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Form The Head
Start by drawing a U-shaped line to form Medusa’s head.
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Draw The Face
Next, add two circles to draw the eyes, and diagonal lines for the eyebrows. Now, draw a small curved line for the nose. Then, form the outline of the mouth.
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Add The Hair
Create Medusa’s snaky hair by drawing wavy shapes. Then, add shaded ovals to draw the eyes of the snakes.
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Attach The Arms
Draw Medusa’s elongated arms connected to her neck and then her head.
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Form The Shoulder Strap
Now, form the shoulder strap of her dress and add curved lines for the buckle.
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Draw The Torso
Next, outline the top part of her dress and add short curved lines to form the folds.
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Add The Belt
Draw the outline of the belt strap and add curved lines.
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Form The Bottom Of The Dress
Then, form the long, flowy bottom part of her dress as shown.
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Complete The Medusa Drawing
Let’s fill in our drawing of Medusa with color! First, fill in the hair with a green crayon. Next, shade the skin with a peach crayon. Now, color the eyes with a black crayon, and the mouth with a dark red crayon. Then, shade the dress with light yellow and orange crayons.
Medusa Drawing PDF Download
Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for Medusa Drawing. 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!