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How to Draw a Buoy
Draw a buoy 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 float.
Step 1: The float
Across the middle of your paper draw a big fat float with a flat top, like a round pumpkin.
Step 2: A happy face
On the float draw 2 big round eyes with black dots. Add a little smile and a cheek each side.
Step 3: The cage
Start on the flat top and draw 3 thin legs leaning in, stopping close together.
Tip Keep the cage shorter than the float.
Step 4: A cross bar
Draw a bar across the legs halfway up. Start at the left leg and stop at the right leg.
Step 5: The light
On top of the legs draw a small box with a round bulb in the middle.
Step 6: The cap
Draw a little dome on top of the box, a bit wider than the box.
Step 7: Waves
Start at the left edge below the face. Draw wave bumps across to the right edge. Add a lower row.
Step 8: Sun and seagull
In the top right draw a small sun with 8 short rays. Add a seagull on the left.
Step 9: Red float
Colour the float red down to the water, going round the face. Colour the cheeks pink.
Tip Keep the eyes white.
Step 10: Yellow light and sun
Colour the bulb and the sun yellow.
Step 11: Grey metal
Colour the cap and the box around the bulb grey.
Step 12: Blue sea
Colour the sea blue from the top wave down to the bottom of the paper. Your buoy is bobbing happily!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a buoy, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
