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How to Draw Carbonara
Draw carbonara in 14 easy steps, about 11 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
Below the middle draw a very wide oval, wider than your hand, for the top of a shallow bowl.
Step 2: The bowl
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw a shallow U down and up to the right end.
Step 3: A stripe
Low on the bowl, draw a bowed line from the left side to the right side, for a stripe.
Step 4: The foot
Under the bowl draw a short stand: start on the bottom left, go down, across, and up to the right.
Step 5: The pasta
Inside the rim draw a second oval a finger in, for the creamy pasta.
Step 6: Strands
Across the pasta draw 4 soft wavy lines that don't touch, each starting and stopping inside the oval.
Tip Carbonara is spaghetti in a creamy egg and cheese sauce.
Step 7: Bacon bits
In the gaps on the pasta, draw 4 small tilted blocks for crispy bacon.
Step 8: Twirl of pasta
At the back of the pasta draw a bumpy ball. Add 3 slanted curves across it and a loose strand.
Step 9: A fork
From the twirl's top draw a long handle up to the right. Below the twirl add the fork's 3 prongs.
Step 10: Steam
Above the left of the bowl draw 2 wiggly steam lines going straight up.
Step 11: The table
Draw a line under the foot from far left to far right, just touching its bottom.
Step 12: Cream pasta
Go over your lines. Colour the pasta and the twirl cream, around the bacon.
Step 13: Pink bacon
Colour the bacon bits pink.
Step 14: Grey fork, blue band
Colour the fork grey and the band above the stripe blue. Leave the rest of the bowl white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: carbonara, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
