How to draw Sophie the Swamp Witch : Printable Version
Start by creating a medium-sized circle. This will be Sophie's head. Then, slightly overlapping the bottom of the circle, make a large oval for the top of Sophie's body. Finally, below the interlocked shapes you just drew, add another smaller circle.
Form Sophie's waist by connecting the large oval and the small circle below it with some curved lines. Add some flaring lines to the sides of the small circle for Sophie's skirt. Next, draw two small, wide ovals. The oval on your right should overlap Sophie's chest, and the one on your left should be tilted and off to the side of her body. These ovals will eventually become her hands. Now, make a pair of crossed lines on her head to serve as a guide for when you draw Sophie's face. Finally, add a shape to the bottom left side of Sophie's face, which you will later turn into her cheek and snout.
Form the brim of Sophie's hat by making a wide, sweeping "U" shape across the middle of her head. It's now time to begin creating Sophie's face, so give her a wicked smile and a pair of eyes. Under her left hand (the one on your right), draw a "U" shape for the long cuff of Sophie's sleeve. Then, draw Sophie's right arm (the one on your left), by making a curved tube that connects her hand to her body. Don't forget to include Sophie's loose sleeve! Finally, draw a pair of curved lines across Sophie's waist for her belt.
Erase your extra lines. Next, add Sophie's pointy Ixi ears to her head, and make a wavy curved line for the top of Sophie's hat. Finish off her hat's brim by adding a short straight line that goes from the edge of it to her left ear (which is on your right). Give Sophie some long waves of hair on either side of her face. Next, add fingers to Sophie's hands. This might be tough, because she is pointing her fingers at you, but just take it slow and do your best. Make a few tiny curved lines for some detail on the palms of her hands, and add a frayed edge to her sleeves.
It's now time to include some of Sophie's distinctive attributes. Draw her vest around her chest and waist, and add a little pouch to her belt (that's where she keeps her potion ingredients and Meowclops snacks!). Place a small, leaf-like shape in each of her ears, and add the long, wavy peak of her floppy hat. To give her clothes some more detail, add a few curving lines to her loose sleeves and another line along the brim of her hat. Finally, include a few tufts of Ixi fur on Sophie's chest.
Give your drawing even more detail by putting some patches all over Sophie's dress and hat. Make sure that these patches have ragged edges and visible stitches. Also, draw a few creases here and there on her clothes so that they look slightly wrinkled or well used. Next, add a circle to each of her eyes for her irises (the coloured part of the eye), and finish off her long mane of hair and tufty Ixi cheeks. To make her clothing look just right, add some fingerless gloves to her hands and a buckle to her belt.
Your Swamp Witch needs a mischievous face, so draw a little nose on her snout and a curved line for the pupils in each of her eyes. Include a bit of texture for her hair, and make the gnarled branch that wraps around Sophie's hat. Finally, add a few little patches to her belt-pouch.
Your drawing of Sophie is almost finished! Erase any extra lines that you may still have.
Darken Sophie's pupils, but be sure to leave a little gleam in her eye. Also, add a few more patches to her clothing and some tiny details to her belt buckle and pouch.
Give your drawing some colour and shading to make it super realistic. There you have it... your very own picture of Sophie the Swamp Witch. Hopefully, she won't turn you into a Meowclops!