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How to Draw a Clothespin
Draw a clothespin in 10 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 washing line.
Step 1: The washing line
Near the top of your paper draw one long straight line from the left edge to the right edge.
Step 2: The left half
Left of middle, draw a chunky stick from just above the line: pinched at the waist, round at the bottom.
Tip Thin at the top, a little fatter at the bottom.
Step 3: The right half
Draw the right half the same, flipped. The halves touch down past the waist, then open a small gap.
Step 4: The spring
Across the waist draw 3 flat ovals stacked one under the other, hugging both halves, for the spring.
Step 5: Wire end
From the left end of the top coil draw a tiny wire curl poking out to the left.
Step 6: Wood grain
Below the spring, draw one short curved grain line down the middle of each half.
Step 7: Sock on the line
From the peg, draw a sock along the line, down, bending right into a toe, then back to the peg.
Step 8: Cuff and toe
Draw a short line across the top of the sock for the cuff, and a little curve round the toe.
Step 9: Grey spring, wood peg
Colour the spring coils grey, then colour both halves of the peg wood brown around them.
Step 10: Red sock
Go over your lines, then colour the sock red. Your clothespin is holding the washing!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a clothespin, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
