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How to Draw a City at Night
Draw a city at night 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: street and first block.
Step 1: Street and first block
Draw a long street line. Start on its left: go up, over a little box, down, and stop on it.
Step 2: A pointed tower
Start on the first block's corner. Draw a tall tower up to a point and down. Stop on the street.
Tip Make it about twice as tall as the first block.
Step 3: A slanted roof
Start halfway down the tower's wall. Draw a roof slanting up, then a wall down. Stop on the street.
Step 4: A stepped tower
Start at the roof's top corner. Go up, step in, up, across, and down in steps. Stop on the street.
Tip Both steps are the same size, like a wedding cake.
Step 5: A low block
Start low on the stepped tower's wall. Draw a line across and a wall down. Stop on the street.
Step 6: A domed block
Start at the low block's corner. Go up, across, over a round dome, across and down. Stop on the street.
Step 7: Windows on the left
On the first block draw 2 rows of 2 windows. On the pointed tower draw 4 rows of 2.
Tip Tall thin windows, all the same size, in neat rows.
Step 8: Windows in the middle
On the slanted block draw 2 rows of 2 windows. On the stepped tower draw 3 rows of 2.
Step 9: Windows on the right
On the low block draw 1 row of 2 windows. On the domed block draw 2 rows of 2.
Step 10: Moon and stars
Above the low block draw a big round moon with 3 small rings inside. Add 4 stars around the towers.
Tip Keep the stars away from the roofs.
Step 11: Yellow lights
Colour every window, the moon and all 4 stars yellow.
Tip Yellow first: light colours go on before dark ones.
Step 12: Grey blocks and street
Colour the first, slanted and low blocks dark grey, around the windows. Colour the street light grey.
Step 13: Dark blue night
Colour everything above the roofs dark blue, around the moon and stars.
Step 14: Black towers
Colour the 2 towers and the domed block black, around the windows. Your city at night is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a city at night, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
