We are a mother and son illustration team. Our drawings are hand-drawn and traced in the computer. Our goal is to help Substackers illustrate their publications with fun and simple drawings. We’re trying to restore the human creativity that is being lost from the progression of technology and AI.
"Lucy comes from that part of me that’s capable of saying mean and sarcastic things, which is not a good trait to have, so Lucy gives me a good outlet. But each character has a weakness and Lucy’s weakness is Schroeder."
—Charles M. Schulz
Tutorial
Step 1: With a pencil, start by drawing 3 guide circles. Divide the top into 4 quadrants with 2 perpendicular lines.
Step 2: Add an ear at the right side of the horizontal line. Draw a curved line for the shape of her head as shown.
Step 3: Draw the outline of her hair.
Step 4: Color in her hair.
Step 5: Add facial details using the guidelines as illustrated.
Step 6: Add the neck and Lucy’s dress collar.
Step 7: From the collar, outline her dress.
Step 8: Add puffy sleeves for her dress and curved lines for her arms.
Step 9: Add details to Lucy’s dress.
Step 10: Draw her shoes and legs.
Step 11: Color in her saddle shoes.
Step 12: Doodle in some hearts.
Done! Good grief. Your doodle is finished. We’d love to see your drawings in our subscriber’s chat.
Color Lucy: Add some color to your drawing.
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt!
—Lucy van Pelt
Guess who’s next after Lucy.