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How to Draw a Cliff
Draw a cliff in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 cliff.
Step 1: The cliff
From the bottom edge near the left, go up, across a bumpy top, then step down to the bottom edge.
Tip The cliff fills the whole left half of the page.
Step 2: The sea line
From the cliff's face, near the bottom, draw a straight line out to the right edge for the sea.
Step 3: Grass on top
Along the top of the cliff draw a row of little grass bumps, from the left edge to the corner.
Step 4: Rock lines and cracks
Draw 2 bowed lines across the cliff, left edge to front, and a short crooked crack under each.
Step 5: A tree on top
On the cliff top draw a tree: a short trunk from the grass up to a big soft lumpy top.
Step 6: Waves and foam
On the sea draw 3 short curved waves, and 3 little foam bumps where the sea meets the cliff.
Step 7: The sun
Near the top right corner draw a small round sun with 8 short rays.
Step 8: Seagulls
Over the sea draw 2 seagulls: 2 little hill curves side by side that meet in a point.
Step 9: Yellow sun, grey cliff
Go over your lines, then colour the sun yellow and the cliff below the grass stone grey.
Step 10: Leaf tree, brown trunk
Colour the tree's top leaf green and its trunk wood brown.
Step 11: Green grass, blue sea
Colour the grass strip green, and the sea blue right out to the edges of your paper.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cliff, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
