Wednesday Addams — the deadpan, gothic star of Netflix's hit show Wednesday — is a striking character to draw, with her signature twin braids, pale face, dark clothing, and famously expressionless stare. Parikshet shows you how to capture her iconic gothic look step by step. (A fun one for older kids!)

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Black marker for hair and clothing
  • Grey for shading
  • Pale base for the skin
  • Black fine-tip pen for outlines

How to Draw Wednesday Addams Step by Step

  1. Draw the head — an oval face, slightly narrow, with a pointed chin. Wednesday has a slender, serious face.
  2. Add the centre parting — draw a clear centre line on the top of the head; her hair is always parted dead-centre.
  3. Draw the twin braids — her signature feature. Two long braids hanging down on each side, drawn as a series of linked V or X shapes down their length. Keep them perfectly symmetrical.
  4. Add the face — large eyes with a flat, unimpressed expression, straight eyebrows (not arched), a small nose, and a flat, neutral mouth. Wednesday almost never smiles.
  5. Draw the collar — her black dress with a distinctive white pointed or rounded collar (the Peter Pan or pilgrim-style collar) is a key part of her look.
  6. Sketch the body — a simple black dress shape below the collar.
  7. Add shading — Wednesday's whole look is high-contrast: very pale skin against very dark hair and clothing. Shade the hair and dress solid black.
  8. Finish — keep the expression deadpan. The flatness of her face is the character.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: Wednesday's deadpan expression is the whole character — resist the urge to give her a smile or wide expressive eyes. Keep the eyebrows straight and flat, the mouth a neutral line, and the eyes calm and unimpressed. The lack of expression is exactly what makes her recognisable.

🌟 Did You Know?

The Addams Family began as a series of single-panel cartoons by Charles Addams in The New Yorker magazine in 1938 — long before any TV show or film. Wednesday's name comes from the nursery rhyme line 'Wednesday's child is full of woe'. The 2022 Netflix series Wednesday, directed partly by Tim Burton, became one of the platform's most-watched shows ever, sparking a huge wave of fan art.

Wednesday's Signature Features

  • Centre-parted twin braids — the single most identifying feature
  • Deadpan expression — flat brows, neutral mouth, calm eyes
  • High contrast — very pale skin, very dark hair and clothes
  • The collar — white pointed/rounded collar on a black dress

🎯 Try This: Draw Wednesday's Famous Dance Pose

  1. Draw Wednesday in her angular, jerky dance pose from the show — arms bent at sharp angles.
  2. Keep her face completely deadpan even while dancing.
  3. Add a dark, moody background.
  4. Try drawing Thing — the disembodied helping hand — scuttling beside her.