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How to Draw a Bassoon
Draw a bassoon 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 tall tube.
Step 1: The tall tube
Draw a tall thin tube, a little to the right. Make it flare out slightly at the very top.
Tip Keep the 2 long sides straight and the same distance apart.
Step 2: The boot
Under the tube, draw a box twice as wide with a rounded bottom. It sticks out to the left.
Step 3: The short tube
Start on the boot's top left corner. Go straight up, curve over a round top, stop on the tall tube.
Tip A bassoon is 2 tubes side by side, joined at the bottom.
Step 4: The crook
From the top of the short tube, draw a thin pipe curving up and over to the left.
Tip Draw 2 lines close together, like a bendy straw.
Step 5: The reed
On the end of the crook, draw a small wedge that gets wider. This is the reed you blow into.
Step 6: Rings and cap
Draw a line across the top of the tall tube, and 2 lines across the boot, high and low.
Step 7: Four round keys
Down the middle of the tall tube, draw 4 small round keys, spaced evenly.
Step 8: Three more keys
Down the short tube, draw 3 more round keys, each one in between the keys beside it.
Step 9: Music notes
Draw a music note floating on each side: a dot with a stem up and a little flag.
Step 10: Cream ring, tan reed
Go over your lines. Colour the ring at the very top cream and the reed light brown.
Step 11: Silver parts
Colour the crook, the 7 keys, the band on the boot and the bottom cap grey.
Step 12: Brown wood, blue notes
Colour both tubes and the boot brown, going around the keys. Colour the notes blue. Ready to play!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bassoon, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
