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How to Draw a Cabin
Draw a cabin 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 roof.
Step 1: The roof
Near the top of your paper, draw a wide pointy roof with a small rounded tip at each bottom corner.
Tip A cabin roof is lower and wider than a cottage roof.
Step 2: The walls
Start under the roof near the left end. Draw a wall down, across the bottom, and up to the roof.
Step 3: The door
In the middle of the wall, draw a door with a rainbow top. Add a round knob on the right.
Step 4: The ground
From each bottom corner, draw a ground line out to the paper's edge. Add a grass tuft on the right.
Step 5: Two windows
Beside the door on each side, draw a square window with a plus sign, and a skinny shutter outside it.
Step 6: The logs
Draw 4 evenly spaced log lines across the wall, from side to side. Skip over the door and windows.
Step 7: Log ends
At each end of each log, just outside the wall, draw a little circle for the round log end.
Step 8: The chimney
On the right roof slope, draw a chimney standing up, with a wider flat cap on top.
Step 9: Smoke puffs
On the chimney cap, draw a round smoke puff. Add 2 bigger puffs floating up, one left and one right.
Step 10: A pine tree
Left of the cabin, draw a little pine tree: a short trunk and 3 zigzag layers up to a point.
Step 11: Green tree, grey chimney
Colour the pine tree green and the chimney grey.
Step 12: Sky windows, red door
Colour the windows sky blue and the door and shutters red.
Step 13: Wooden logs, brown roof
Colour the walls and log ends wood brown around the door and windows, and the roof brown.
Tip Go over your lines!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cabin, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
