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How to Draw a Borscht
Draw a borscht in 13 easy 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: the rim.
Step 1: The rim
Above the middle draw a wide oval for the top of the bowl, about a hand across.
Step 2: The bowl
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw a deep round U down and back up to the right end.
Step 3: The foot
Under the bowl draw a short stand: start bottom left, go down, across and up to the bottom right.
Step 4: The soup
Inside the rim draw a second oval for the soup. Leave a wider gap at the back.
Step 5: Sour cream
In the middle of the soup draw a big soft blob with a little peak on top. Add a curl inside.
Tip Borscht is a deep red beetroot soup with sour cream on top.
Step 6: Dill
On the right of the dollop draw one pointed dill leaf with a line down its middle.
Step 7: Beetroot cubes
Draw 3 tilted little squares in the soup for beetroot cubes: 2 on the left, 1 on the right.
Step 8: The spoon
On the left draw a spoon resting in the soup: an oval bowl, then a long handle leaning up left.
Step 9: Steam
Above the bowl draw 3 wiggly steam lines going up.
Step 10: The table
Draw a line under the foot from left to right, just touching its bottom.
Step 11: Cream bowl, grey spoon
Go over your lines. Colour the bowl, its rim and the foot cream, and the spoon grey.
Step 12: Green dill, purple beetroot
Colour the dill leaf green and the 3 beetroot cubes purple.
Step 13: Red soup
Colour the soup red around the dollop, dill, cubes and spoon. Leave the sour cream white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a borscht, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
