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How to Draw a Book
Draw a book 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: left page.
Step 1: Left page
Start in the middle. Draw a wide page out to the left, bowed top and bottom. Stop at the middle.
Tip The pages bow because the book is open.
Step 2: Right page
Do the same on the right side, so the 2 pages match and meet in the middle.
Step 3: The spine
Draw a line straight down the middle where the pages meet, from top to bottom.
Step 4: The covers
Start at each page's outer corner. Draw a cover curving under it and stop on the spine.
Step 5: Page edges
Draw 2 curved lines under each page, following its bottom, from the outside corner to the spine.
Step 6: Words
On the right page, draw 5 gently curved lines for writing. On the left page, draw 2 at the bottom.
Step 7: A picture
On the left page, draw a wobbly rectangle frame with a little sun and a hill inside.
Step 8: A bookmark
From the right page's top, draw a bookmark up to a V notch and back down to the page.
Step 9: Cream pages
Colour the pages and page edges cream, and the picture sky blue around the sun and hill.
Step 10: Red cover and bookmark
Colour the cover and the bookmark red.
Step 11: Yellow sun, green hill
Colour the sun yellow and the hill green. Go over your lines and your book is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a book, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
