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How to Draw a Claw Hammer Nail
Draw a claw hammer nail 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 board.
Step 1: The board
Low on your paper draw a long flat box from side to side for the board.
Tip The curved claw hooks under a nail head to pull it out.
Step 2: The hammer head
Draw the hammer head resting on the board: a flat end on the right, a curved claw lifting up left.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the fat middle of the head draw 2 big round eyes. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a small U smile, and a tiny oval cheek beside each end.
Step 5: The handle
Start on top of the head. Draw 2 long lines up, leaning right. Stop a hand from the top.
Step 6: The grip
On the end of the handle draw a fat grip with a round top. Add 2 lines across it.
Step 7: The nail
Draw a flat nail head sitting on the claw tip. Add 2 lines from it down to the board.
Step 8: Pull lines
Draw 2 short pull lines left of the nail head, and 2 wavy grain lines on the board.
Step 9: Grey nail, pink cheeks
Go over your lines. Colour the nail light grey and the 2 cheeks pink.
Step 10: Tan board, wood handle
Colour the board tan and the handle wood brown, up to the grip.
Step 11: Red grip
Colour the fat grip at the end of the handle red.
Step 12: Grey head
Colour the head and claw dark grey around the eyes and cheeks. Leave the eyes white. Out comes the nail!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a claw hammer nail, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
