As all tales will tell, fairies are generally solitary creatures, and more than happy to be left alone. If you are very careful, however, you may just see a silhouette peeking out from behind a tree…
Tutorial Video
Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Start by taking a black fineliner pen, and drawing the profile of a fairy face in the center of your page, close to the top.
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At the bottom of this, add a short vertical line, and then add another line angled out towards the bottom left-hand corner of the page.
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Then, bring two parallel lines up from the end, angles towards the top right-hand corner of the page. At the end, curve the top line across and down, creating a pointing finger. Connect this to the bottom line with a curve.
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Return to the bottom line, and continue the line across to the right, towards the top corner of the page. Then, bring it across and down.
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Continue the line down a little further, and then angle it towards the bottom left corner…
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Bring the line in sharply, then back down.
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At the end, angle the line back towards the left of the page.
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Then, add a “point” to the end of this – make sure that the line on the right is slightly wavy.
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Return to the top of the face, and continue the line across to the right…
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Before adding a “bump” for a bun. At the bottom, curve the line down to create another hand, this one pointing towards the bottom right-hand corner of the page, and then bring the arm up and back down to connect to the bottom section.
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Now, add two lines emerging from the bottom, and join these with a sharply angled line to create a foot.
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To the left of this, bring two more lines down at slight angles, and then bring them across to the left at a 90-degree angle. Add another foot to the end.
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Next, add two large, almond-shaped wings to the back of your fairy – the back one will be mostly hidden behind the front.
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Add two smaller wings below these…
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And then use a black fineliner pen and a ruler to add a wand to your fairy’s hand.
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Use the black fineliner pen to add a sprinkle of fairy dust emerging from the end of the wand…
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And then use a gray pencil to add smaller shapes inside each of the wings.
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Finally, use a black pen to fill in the main body of your fairy.
And there we have it – the perfect silhouette. If you see one of these in your garden, be cautious – the fairy folk do not like to be disturbed…
