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How to Draw a Bell Tent
Draw a bell tent 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 tent.
Step 1: The tent
Draw a tall cone on a short wall, sticking out past it. Draw the wall top, leaving a middle gap.
Tip A bell tent is one tall cone on a short wall.
Step 2: Pole and top
Start at the point of the tent. Draw a pole straight up, stopping at a small ball on its tip.
Step 3: The doorway
Start on the bottom, left of the middle. Draw a tall curve up to a round top under the pole.
Step 4: The door flap
From the arch top swing a curve out right and down to the bottom, like a sail, then back up.
Step 5: Seams
On each side, start on the wall line and slant a seam up, stopping a little below the pole.
Step 6: The ground
Draw the ground line from the tent out to each edge of the paper.
Step 7: Ropes and pegs
From each corner where the cone sticks out, draw a rope slanting far out to a triangle peg.
Step 8: A lantern
On the left wall hang a small box lantern from the wall top, with a handle loop and a cap.
Step 9: The sun
Draw a sun with short rays in the top right corner.
Step 10: Cream canvas
Go over your lines, then colour the tent cream, leaving the doorway and lantern for later.
Step 11: Yellow lantern and sun
Colour the lantern and the sun yellow.
Step 12: Dark doorway
Colour the doorway and the lantern cap dark slate, and your bell tent is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bell tent, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
