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How to Draw Badlands
Draw badlands 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: middle hill.
Step 1: Middle hill
In the middle draw a big wide hill with sloping sides and 2 soft bumps on top.
Tip Badlands are dry hills striped like a layer cake, carved by rain.
Step 2: Left hill
On the left draw a taller bumpy hill, from near the left edge to behind the middle hill.
Step 3: Right hill
On the right draw a lower bumpy hill, from behind the middle hill to near the right edge.
Step 4: Middle hill stripes
Draw 4 evenly spaced lines across the middle hill, top to bottom, for the rock layers.
Step 5: Side hill stripes
Draw 4 layer lines across the left hill and 3 across the right hill, each stopping at the middle hill.
Step 6: The ground
Draw the ground line across the bottom of the paper.
Step 7: Dry gully
Draw a dry gully: 2 close wiggly lines that start on the ground line and stop above the bottom edge.
Step 8: Dry bush
On the ground in front of the middle hill, draw a bush: 3 soft round bumps on a flat bottom.
Step 9: Sun and bird
Draw a sun with short rays in the top right corner and a little flying bird on the left.
Step 10: Striped middle hill
Colour the middle hill in stripes between the lines: tan, ginger, tan, ginger, tan from the top down.
Step 11: Striped side hills
Colour the left and right hills in stripes the same way, ginger first.
Step 12: Sandy ground
Colour the ground sandy around the bush, right to the edges, and the gully tan.
Step 13: Green bush, yellow sun
Colour the bush green and the sun yellow. Go over all your lines and your badlands are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: badlands, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
