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How to Draw Bookends
Draw bookends in 13 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: two elephant bodies.
Step 1: Two elephant bodies
On each side draw a tall rounded box for a body, with a round head on top, overlapping a little.
Tip Bookends are a pair, so the right one mirrors the left.
Step 2: Two big eyes
On each head draw 2 round eyes side by side, a little apart. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 3: Trunks
Under the eyes draw a small rainbow. From its ends draw a trunk down, curling out. Add 2 wrinkles.
Tip Rub out the chin line inside the trunk, so the trunk grows out of the face.
Step 4: Ears
On each head draw a big oval ear on the outside, tucked behind, and a smaller ear on the inside.
Step 5: Smiles and cheeks
From each side of the trunk draw a short smile curving up. Add an oval cheek above each.
Step 6: Feet
Under each body draw 2 little round feet peeking out from under the bottom edge.
Step 7: The plates
Under each elephant draw a long flat box on the ground for the metal plate, poking out toward the middle.
Step 8: Five books
Between the 2 elephants draw 5 tall boxes standing on the ground, side by side, some taller and some shorter.
Step 9: Labels and lines
On each book draw 2 lines across near the top for a label, and a short line near the bottom.
Step 10: Ground
Draw a ground line under everything from left to right.
Step 11: Yellow book, pink cheeks
Go over your lines, then colour the middle book yellow and the cheeks pink.
Step 12: Red and blue books
Colour the first and fourth books red and the second and fifth blue. Leave the labels white.
Step 13: Grey elephants
Colour the elephants grey around the pink cheeks, and the plates slate. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: bookends, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
