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How to Draw an Acorn Sprouting
Draw an acorn sprouting in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the acorn.
Step 1: The acorn
Left of the middle draw an acorn lying on its side: a plump egg, pointed end to the right.
Tip Every oak tree starts like this: a root down, a shoot up.
Step 2: The cap
On the left end draw a wide cup cap covering a third of the nut, with a little nub.
Step 3: Cap scales
Inside the cap draw little curved scales like roof tiles: 3 near the rim and 2 behind them.
Step 4: The crack
On the pointed end draw a jagged crack. Start on the top edge and zigzag down to the bottom edge.
Step 5: The soil mound
Start low left. Draw a gentle hill under the acorn, ending low on the right. Add a ground line.
Step 6: The root
From the bottom of the crack draw a root curving down into the soil, ending in a thin point.
Step 7: Rootlets
Halfway down the root draw 2 tiny rootlets, one right and one left, each stopping a little way out.
Step 8: The shoot
From the top of the crack draw a thin shoot curving up right, with a little round tip.
Step 9: 2 leaves
Just under the tip of the shoot draw 2 pointed leaves, one pointing up left and one up right.
Step 10: Cream root, tan cap
Go over your lines, then colour the root cream and the cap and nub tan.
Step 11: Green shoot
Colour the shoot and the 2 leaves green.
Step 12: Brown soil and nut
Colour the soil light brown around the root and cap, then the nut dark brown. All done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an acorn sprouting, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
