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How to Draw a Barge
Draw a barge in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 waves.
Step 1: The waves
Below the middle draw gentle wave bumps from the left edge across to the right. Add 4 ripple dashes below.
Tip Little hills, not spikes: about 14, all the same size.
Step 2: Flat hull
From the waves draw a long flat hull up, across, down to the waves. Add a rail near the top.
Tip Long, low and flat like a shoebox. Never draw the bottom: it's underwater.
Step 3: Porthole eyes
On the hull draw 2 big porthole eyes, one eye apart. Colour a pupil in each, leaving a sparkle.
Step 4: The smile
Start a little below the left eye and draw a wide U smile to a little below the right eye.
Step 5: Cargo boxes
Draw 3 square boxes in a row, starting and stopping on the hull top. Stack 2 more like bricks.
Tip Stack them like bricks: the top boxes sit over the cracks.
Step 6: Deck post
At the front, before the boxes, draw 1 short post: an upside-down U starting and stopping on the hull.
Step 7: The wheelhouse
Near the back draw a small box starting and stopping on the hull top. Add a wide pill window.
Step 8: Funnel and smoke
Start on the wheelhouse roof. Draw a short flared chimney up and back down to the roof. Add smoke puffs.
Step 9: Blue sea, rosy cheeks
Colour the sea blue from the waves down, leaving the smoke white. Dab a pink cheek beside each eye.
Step 10: Brown and tan boxes
Colour the 3 bottom boxes and the post brown, and the 2 top boxes tan, so the bricks show.
Step 11: Red hull, cream wheelhouse
Colour the hull red around the eyes and pink cheeks, leaving the eyes white. Colour the funnel red, wheelhouse cream.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a barge, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
