How to Draw a Miner (Easy Step by Step)
Learn how to draw a friendly miner character using simple round shapes and straight lines. You'll create his hard hat, lamp, pickaxe, and a coal cart, making it a fun drawing for kids.
- Use round shapes and straight lines to build your miner.
- Start with a round head and add a hard hat with a lamp.
- Include a pickaxe as your miner's essential tool.
- Draw a small cart of coal to complete the adventurous scene.
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A miner is a friendly character built from round shapes and a few straight lines. The round head, the hard hat with its lamp, the pickaxe and the little cart of coal make this a fun drawing for kids who like tools and adventures.
- Medium
- 15 minutes
- 10 steps
You need: paper, a pencil, an eraser, and crayons or markers for coloring.
Start drawing
In this article (7 sections)
How to draw a miner step by step
How to Draw a Miner · tinyhandscreate.com
Step 1: Guide shapes
Lightly sketch these 2 ovals. They only show where the big parts go, so press softly. You will erase them at the end.
Step 2: The round head
Draw the bottom of a big round head. Start at the left, curve down and around like a bowl, and stop at the right. Leave the top open for the hard hat.
Step 3: The hard hat
Draw a half circle on top of the head for the dome of the hat. Then draw a long, flat rounded bar across the bottom of the dome for the brim.
Step 4: Bib pocket and overalls
Under the chin, draw a rounded rectangle for the bib pocket, with a short strap going up on each side to the head. Then draw a few curved lines on the sides and bottom to start the baggy overalls.
Step 5: Face, arms and coal
Add two small dots for eyes and a little curved smile. Draw a bent arm on each side of the body, ending in a small circle for each hand, and put a dot in the middle of the pocket. On the left, draw a zigzag line of pointy peaks for the pile of coal.
Step 6: Boots
At the bottom of the overalls, draw an oval for the left boot next to the one already there. Add a few short curved lines to finish the bottom of the overalls.
Step 7: The pickaxe
Draw a long straight line for the handle, starting at the hand on the right and leaning up and to the right. At the top, draw a curved blade that sweeps out to a point, like a thin banana.
Step 8: The mine cart
On the left, under the pile of coal, draw a box that is wider at the top than at the bottom. Make the bottom a flat line.
Step 9: Cart wheels
Under the cart, draw two small U shapes for the wheels. Start each one at the bottom of the cart, curve down and around, and come back up.
Step 10: Lamp and light rays
Draw a small circle with a smaller circle inside it on the front of the hat for the headlamp. Add three short lines fanning out above the lamp like rays of light.
All done!
Erase the guide shapes, go over your lines, then color it in.
Finished your miner? Keep the pencils out and learn how to draw a window washer or how to draw a rock climber next.
Tips for drawing a miner
- Draw the head as an open bowl first, then add the hat brim as one long flat bar across the top. It is easier to keep straight when it has room.
- The pickaxe handle goes from the hand up to the right. Draw it as one straight line, then add the curved blade at the top, like a thin banana.
- Make the cart wider at the top than at the bottom, and draw the two U-shaped wheels right under it so it looks like it can roll.
Free miner coloring page
Want to go straight to coloring? Open this miner coloring page at full size and print it. It is the same drawing you just learned, with clean lines ready for crayons or markers.
How to color your miner drawing
Try a yellow hard hat, blue overalls, brown boots and a gray pickaxe, with black coal in the cart. For a fun twist, color some of the coal gold.
Miner fun fact for kids
Miners wear hard hats with a lamp on the front because tunnels deep underground have no sunlight.
Questions about drawing a miner
What shapes do I need to draw a miner?
You need a circle for the head, a half circle for the hat, a rounded rectangle for the bib pocket, ovals for the boots, and a box that is wider at the top for the cart. Small circles make the hands and the lamp.
How do I draw a pickaxe?
Start with a long straight line for the handle. Then add a curved, pointed blade across the top, like a thin banana.
How do I make my miner look cuter?
Make the head big and round, and keep the eyes small and far apart. A little curved smile and a headlamp give your miner a happy face.
