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How to Draw Buckingham Palace

13 steps · Tricky · about 10 min

Draw Buckingham Palace 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: long front.

Step 1: Long front
Across the middle, draw a very long low box for the palace front.
Step 2: Middle block
In the middle, draw a taller box standing in front, poking up past the roof of the long box.
Step 3: Two ledges
Draw a thin ledge on top of the long box, poking out each end. Add one on the middle block.
Step 4: Four columns
On the middle block, draw 4 tall thin columns from the ground up to the long ledge, 2 each side.
Step 5: Famous balcony
Between the middle columns, draw a tall arched window. Under it, draw a long flat balcony box with railing posts.
Step 6: The gateway
Under the balcony, draw a big arched gateway standing on the bottom line, like a rainbow door.
Step 7: Rows of windows
On each wing, draw 3 tall windows up high, and 2 low windows with a wide gap between.
Step 8: Two guards
Between the low windows on each wing, draw a guard: tall furry hat, round face, coat with arms, 2 legs.
Tip Give each guard 2 dot eyes and a little smile, and leave a gap between the 2 legs.
Step 9: Flag and ground
Start on the top ledge. Draw a tall pole up to a knob. Add a flag and the ground line.
Step 10: Cream palace, peach faces
Colour the palace walls cream, going around the windows, columns, balcony, gateway and guards. Colour the faces peach.
Step 11: Stone ledges and balcony
Colour the 2 ledges, the columns, the balcony box and the flagpole knob stone grey.
Step 12: Sky windows, red coats
Colour all the windows sky blue. Colour the flag and the guards' coats red.
Step 13: Dark gateway, black hats
Colour the gateway inside navy, and the guards' hats and trousers black. Go over your lines and you are done!