How to Draw a Shoe (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a shoe, start with a long flat sole with a rounded toe. Add the shoe upper, then a toe cap and a heel tab. Finish with four laces and a curved side stripe.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Red and blue crayons
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Teaching this to a class?
Show one step at a time on the board and wait for the class before the next. The directed drawing for kids page explains how to run it.
How to draw a shoe step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a long flat sole with rounded ends that turns up a little at the toe on the right.
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Step 2 of 6: Add the shoe upper on the sole, with a low dip for the ankle and a thin collar line inside it.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a curved toe cap line at the front and a small loop heel tab at the back.
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Step 4 of 6: Add a raised tongue, four lace holes and four slanted laces. Erase the top line inside each lace.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw two curved lines that make a stripe from the back of the shoe down to the sole.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the shoe and heel tab red, stripe blue. Leave the sole, toe cap, collar, laces and holes white.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Make the sole a little longer than the upper so the toe sticks out in front.
Tip: Draw the laces as short slanted bars, all leaning the same way.
Make it yours
Pair of shoes
Draw a second shoe right behind the first one, a little higher up.
Rainbow sneaker
Color the stripe in rainbow colors and the laces yellow.
High top
Make the back of the shoe much taller, up to where the ankle would be.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The shoe looks flat
Curve the top line of the upper into a low dip at the ankle.
The laces are uneven
Place the four lace holes in a straight slanted row first.
The toe looks pointy
Round the front of the sole and the toe cap into one smooth curve.
Fun facts about the shoe
Ancient Fort Rock style sandals are the oldest directly dated shoes in the world, made about 10,200 to 9,300 years ago. (Source: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History)
According to one sneaker historian, the first rubber soled sneaker was made in the 1860s for playing croquet. (Source: Smithsonian Magazine)
The word sneakers came into use in the United States in the 1880s because quiet rubber soles let people sneak up on others. (Source: Britannica)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a shoe easy?
Draw a long flat sole, then the shoe upper on top with a dip for the ankle. Add a toe cap, a heel tab, laces and a stripe.
How to draw a shoe step by step?
Draw the sole, the upper, the toe cap and heel tab, the laces and the stripe. Color the shoe red and the stripe blue last.
How to draw a shoe for kids?
Start with the sole and build the shoe on top of it. Simple bars for the laces make the sneaker quick to draw.
If your shoe came out extra long, that's fine. Your sneaker is ready to run. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.