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How To Draw Mickey Mouse in 8 Simple Steps

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Both my girls absolutely love to color and draw.  I must admit they get it from there father, because he not only is an amazing artist, he even taught art having trained to be an art teacher.  Once, I actually saw him teacher our young niece how to draw Mickey Mouse (stay tuned below to learn how to do this for yourself).

God bless, how artistic he is and let me tell you I have seen him create over the years now and still am amazed at his talent.  But I know he has been drawing and creating from the time he was a small boy.  So, I know he learned how at a very young age.

I was recently contacted by Kathleen Wilson, who recently started her own website where she creates drawing tutorials at We Draw Animals, to help kids learn to draw.

So without further ado, learn how to teach young children to draw Mickey Mouse with Kathleen’s help below.

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Almost every kid on this great planet we call home loves to draw! It is a fun, creative, healthy activity for people of all ages. One of the first things we learn to do before writing numbers and letters and such is to draw. From scribbles to stick people all children teach themselves art at a young age. Once they reach school age their pictures begin to acquire more detail and more definition.

Art is one of the many things that are well described by the old saying that “practice makes perfect”. The more art you create the better you become. Some kids and even adults think drawing is hard and takes some kind of magical skill that most of us don’t possess, but thankfully that is not true.

Drawing is easy and anyone can do it if you just take the time to learn the proper way.

Now follow below to draw Mickey Mouse step by step:

How to Draw Mickey Mouse in 8 Simple Steps

How to Draw Mickey Mouse

  1. Draw one big circle and lines that cross the center of the circle.

  2. Now, draw three small circles that overlap the bottom part of the big circle.

  3. Next, draw two medium circles that overlap the top part of the big circle.

  4. Then, draw one big oblong shape below the middle horizontal line. Draw two medium oblong shapes above the line and draw two small oblong shapes inside the 2 medium oblong shapes.

  5. Use a black marker to outline the parts of Mickey’s face, eyes nose and mouth.

  6. Continue to outline the rest of Mickey’s face. Erase all the pencil shapes.

  7. Use a black marker to fill in the color of Mickey’s ears, head nose and eyes.

  8. Finish Drawing Mickey Mouse.

Whatever you do don’t give up! Have FUN!!! 

Just remember even the greatest artists had to start at the beginning and learn how to create art so don’t ever give up on yourself. It may take a while to master drawing but the end results are worth the effort. Once you have mastered the basic principles of drawing you can learn to do wonderful things like shading to show where the light source is, crosshatching to give texture to your pictures and shadowing to show depth.

When pencils are a second nature you can move on to more permanent mediums like colored pencils, pens, pastels, crayons, chalk and paint.  There is no limit to the fascinating things you can learn to make once you learn the basics of pencil and eraser drawing.

pinkfadeThank you again to Kathleen for this fun filled, yet educational art tutorial for all young kids.

Hope you all have enjoyed and will draw Mickey Mouse now.

 

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About Janine

Janine is a published author of the books, The Mother of All Meltdowns and Only Trollops Shave Above the Knee. She has been featured on The Huffington Post, Mamapedia, Today Parenting Team and SheKnows. She also runs her own graphic design company at J9 Designs.

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  6. Billybuc says

    I need these tips and not little kids. LOL I can't draw a stick figure and I'm dead serious about that. I'll hold onto this in case any little kids stop by my life soon. 🙂 Have a great day Janine and thank you for being who you are.

    • Janine Huldie says

      Lol, Bill so do I. Trust me I am great at computer designing, but not so much by hand. I am in awe of those who can draw!! Have a wonderful day, too!! 🙂

  8. tamaralikecamera says

    That does make it seem doable! And I'd totally use a pencil to draw – I'm not ashamed to use one for crossword puzzles either. My mom is an artist and she's owned her own art school for over 30 years. She would agree here that everyone can draw and that it's healthy. What's funny is that I seem to have no natural talent at all – it skipped me or something! I think it's more that I haven't given it the attention it deserves. I saved that for writing/photography. I love when Scarlet draws so much!
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    • Janine Huldie says

      My dad's dad (my grandfather) was awesome with drawing and used to give us cards for every holiday with drawing he drew on them. I always wished I could do that, but seems like it skipped me, too. But I am with you on having the skills with my writing and possibly a bit of photography, too. But Emma loves to draw, so I guess we shall see!! 🙂

    • Janine Huldie says

      Oh Dani, my almost 3 year old couldn't care less for the longest time unless it meant eating the crayons or writing with them on my wall! Finally she is showing some interest now!!

  11. Lanaya says

    What a great concept to bring out the artistic abilities in the kids!

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  12. gigigirl says

    Wish I had had these directions as a kid…..I am not gifted artistically but wanted so much to be able to draw. I guess it's never too late….might try Mickey! Great post……xxoo

    • Janine Huldie says

      Oh hope you try Aunt Gloria and you know I am the same way with drawing, but this one looked so very easy and simple to do that I had to share!! xoxo 🙂

  14. Amy Perdew says

    That is great. I loved drawing when I was younger and I am a frequent eraser haha. My kids love to draw. This was pretty simple and easy to understand. As a lways, thanks for linking up with "Inspiration in Progress."

  15. catherine gacad says

    yes, i need this tutorial because i don't have a creative bone in my body. my husband, like yours, is an artist! i hope our future kid takes after him 🙂

    • Janine Huldie says

      Catherine, trust me I felt the same way about my girls and was hoping that they would so take after Kevin on this one, too. I still am hopeful, because Emma loves to draw and Lily still not sure, but time will tell!! 🙂

  16. Paul says

    These are great tips for drawing – especially the one using basic shapes to make a basic template. I love drawing since young but don't have the chance to really go into it. My son also likes to draw, so those pointers should be useful for him too.

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