This easy step-by-step lesson will teach you how to draw a gingerbread man that’s perfect for your DIY holiday decorations.

And we’ll only use four colors and a few shapes (mostly circles)

In about 10 minutes, you’ll have a cute little gingerbread person that you can put on wooden ornaments.

You’ll want to add this tutorial to your list of easy Winter drawings.

Feel free to save it to your Pinterest board for art tutorials if you don’t have time to draw right now.

This gingerbread man is easy to draw.

You are going to love it if you’re a beginner when it comes to digital drawing.

We’ll use Inkscape to make it.

All of the shortcuts that I use in the video can all be found in my Inkscape Ready Set Go! Ebook.

Take a look at what we’ll be drawing in the video below.

Adding accessories to the gingerbread man

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Thank you gifts for helpers series

This is the third and final lesson in my Thank you gifts for helpers series. See the list below to find out what to draw each week.

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Too busy to watch the video lesson now? Save it to your drawing board on Pinterest for later.

Check out the supplies we’ll be using below. You can also use whatever you have if you prefer another program.

Here is a list of digital drawing supplies that I use for all of my Inkscape projects.

This is the same tablet that I used when I started learning how to make graphics and still works great.

The Inkscape Ready Set Go ebook has my favorite essential shortcuts to help you learn the program faster.

They are both easy to use and budget-friendly.

Inkscape software program

Computer

Huion HS610 Pro Graphic Drawing Tablet with Pen Pressure Sensitivity

This e-book will show you the default keyboard and mouse shortcuts of Inkscape.

These easy shortcuts will help you use Inkscape simply and quickly.

Make your designs in Inkscape with ease once you know these tips.

In this video course, you'll learn how to use ordinary shapes, like circles and squares, to draw svg files with Inkscape in Microsoft Windows.

Need more drawing tutorials? Find lots of ideas in these other posts, like how to draw a candy cane or how to draw a snowman.