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This Christmas stocking drawing comes from Art for Kids Hub, where Rob and his son draw side by side. You start with a fluffy cuff, add the sock shape below it, then give the heel and toe little stitched patches. It takes about four minutes. Every line is a bump, a straight line or a curve, so it works for kids as young as four.
Grab a black marker and a sheet of paper. You color it at the end.
The cuff is the part people recognize. A smooth rectangle on top looks like a sock. A bumpy cloud edge looks like fur trim, and that says Christmas stocking right away. Mix big bumps and little bumps. Wobbly is good here.
The foot is the trickiest line. Think of it as a big sideways U. You go out, curl around and come back up to meet the other side. If yours comes out short or fat, that is fine. Real stockings come in every shape.
A fine point black permanent marker gives the bold outline. Plain printer paper is fine for practice, but a heavier drawing pad stops the ink from bleeding through and holds up to heavy coloring. Nervous drawers can sketch in pencil first and trace over it.
The video colors with oil pastels. Colored pencils, crayons or markers work too. Rob also adds light blue shading on the white cuff and a soft shadow around the outside to make the stocking look 3D. Skip that if you want to keep it easy.
Cut the finished stocking out and you have a holiday decoration. Tape a second paper stocking behind it, leave the top open, and it turns into a little pocket for a note or candy. A row of stockings with each kid's name makes a fun classroom wall. Small ones make good gift tags and card fronts. Pair it with a Santa drawing for a full scene. If you want to sew a real one, see how to make a Christmas stocking.
Draw three stockings in a row hanging from a fireplace mantel. Or draw a Christmas tree beside one stocking for a holiday card.
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Draw a Christmas stocking in 8 easy steps: fluffy cuff, curved foot, stitched heel and toe. An easy project: about 20 minutes. You need 4 things, including black fine point permanent marker and pencil and eraser. The 8 steps start with draw a Bumpy Line Across the Top for the Christmas Stocking Cuff, draw Bumpy Sides Going Up on the Christmas Stocking Cuff, close the Top of the Fluffy Christmas Stocking Cuff and draw Two Lines Down for the Christmas Stocking Leg.
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Start near the top of your paper. Draw a bumpy cloud line straight across from the left side to the right side. Some bumps can be little and some can be big. This line is the bottom edge of the fluffy cuff, so leave a little room above it. Make it wide. The cuff sets the size of the whole stocking.
Go slowly. Small, quick bumps look more like fur than big lazy ones.
Go back to one end of your bumpy line. Draw more bumps going up on that side. Keep mixing big and small. Then do the same on the other side. Both sides should go up about the same height. Now your cuff looks like a wide bumpy U, open at the top.
Turn your paper if it is hard to draw bumps going up. Your hand likes to curve one way more than the other.
Now connect the two sides across the top with one more bumpy line. Some bumps little, some big, then meet the other side. That closes the shape. You have finished the fluffy part of the stocking. It should look like a puffy cloud or a fuzzy rectangle. Wobbly edges are welcome here.
Let the top bumps point up and the bottom bumps point down. It makes the fur look puffier.
This is the bottom part of the stocking. From under the cuff, draw a straight line coming down on one side. Then draw another on the other side. Keep them about the same length. They can lean in a little. Leave plenty of room below, because the foot still has to fit on your paper.
Start each line a little inside the cuff edge. That makes the cuff look wider than the sock, like real fur trim.
On one side, draw a big sideways U. Come out from the bottom of one leg line, curl around and connect back up to the other line. That curve is the foot. It is a fun line to draw, and it is the trickiest one. Yours may look different from the video. That is fine. The point is to have fun.
Make the toe end wider than the heel. It looks more like a real sock.
Draw a curved line across the front of the foot where the toes are. That makes a toe patch. Then draw another curved line at the back of the foot for the heel. The patches are the parts you color a different color later. Keep them a nice size so they are easy to fill in.
Curve the patch lines toward the end of the foot. A straight line makes the foot look flat.
Now add stitching. Draw little short lines across each patch line, all the way along it. Do the toe, then the heel. Space them out evenly. These tiny marks make the patches look sewn on, like a real knitted stocking. When you are done, your Christmas stocking line drawing is finished.
Pause the video here if you want to draw presents or a candy cane poking out of the top.
Time to color. Fill the sock part with red. Color the heel and toe patches green. Leave the cuff white, or add a little light blue along its edges so the white fur shows up. The video uses oil pastels, but colored pencils, crayons or markers work too. Add a soft shadow around the outside if you want it to look 3D.
Color the red in one direction. Even strokes look neater than scribbles.
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What kind of line makes the cuff look fluffy?
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1.What kind of line makes the cuff look fluffy?
Answer: A bumpy cloud line
Uneven bumps read as soft fur trim on the stocking top.
2.Why mix big and small bumps on the cuff?
Answer: So it looks natural
Even bumps look stiff; varied ones look like real fluffy trim.
3.What shape makes the stocking's foot?
Answer: A big sideways U
A sideways U curling off one leg line forms the toe and foot.
4.What do short lines across the heel and toe patches show?
Answer: Stitching
Little marks across the seam read as sewn stitches.
5.How do you show a white cuff on white paper?
Answer: Add light blue at its edges
A light blue edge gives the white fur shape without coloring it in.
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