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How to Draw Coal
Draw coal 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 lump.
Step 1: The lump
In the middle of your paper draw a big chunky lump with corners, a flat top and a flat bottom.
Tip Coal is a broken chunk: corners, not round bumps.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Draw 2 big egg eyes below the middle of the lump. Add a black dot and a shine in each.
Step 3: A big smile
Leave a little gap under the eyes and draw a wide U smile.
Step 4: Facet lines
From each top corner draw a straight line down to the bottom, so the lump has flat sides.
Step 5: Shiny glints
Inside the left side draw a long skinny leaf for a glint, and a small dot under it.
Step 6: The ground
Draw a long ground line under the lump, from side to side.
Step 7: Little lumps
On the ground draw a small chunky lump on the right, and a tinier one on the left.
Step 8: Sparkles
Draw a little 4-point sparkle star up to the left of the coal and another up to the right.
Step 9: White glints
Colour the 2 glint shapes white so they shine against the dark coal.
Step 10: Pink cheeks, yellow sparkles
Give the coal 2 pink cheeks and colour the sparkles yellow.
Step 11: Black coal
Colour the coal and little lumps black, around the glints and cheeks. Leave the eyes white. Your coal is done!
Tip Press softly so your lines still show.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: coal, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
