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How to Draw the Arc de Triomphe
Draw the Arc de Triomphe in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 big block.
Step 1: The big block
In the middle of your paper draw a big standing box from the ground up, a little taller than wide.
Step 2: The top slab
On top draw a flat slab a bit wider than the block. Rule a line across the block and slab.
Step 3: The great arch
In the middle of the block draw a huge arch: up from the bottom, over like a rainbow, back down.
Tip Go straight up, over in a round half circle, and straight down, so the top is as wide as the sides.
Step 4: Carved panels
On each side of the arch draw a standing box high up, and a taller standing box below it.
Step 5: Carved statues
In each tall box draw a little statue: a round head and a rounded body, standing on the box's bottom.
Step 6: Little side arches
Low on each side, under the statues, draw a small arched opening standing on the bottom line.
Step 7: The flag
Near the arch top rule a rod that joins both sides. Hang a flag from it with 2 stripe lines.
Step 8: The ground
Draw a long ground line under the block, from near the left edge to near the right edge.
Step 9: The sun
Draw a sun high on the right with short rays all round.
Step 10: A cloud
Draw a puffy cloud high on the left: little bumps over the top and a flatter line underneath.
Step 11: Cream stone
Colour the block and slab cream, around the panels and arches. Colour the panels grey.
Step 12: Sun and sky
Colour the sun yellow and inside all 3 arches sky blue, around the flag. Leave the cloud white.
Step 13: Blue and red flag
Colour the flag's left stripe blue and right stripe red, leaving the middle white. Your Arc de Triomphe is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: the Arc de Triomphe, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
