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How to Draw the Colosseum
Draw the Colosseum 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 big stone ring.
Step 1: The big stone ring
Start low left. Go up over a rainbow, jag down 2 broken steps, then across and down to the bottom.
Tip Part of the top has crumbled away, so the right side is lower.
Step 2: Two floor lines
Curve a line across the tall left part for the top floor, and a longer one lower across the ring.
Step 3: Top arches
On the top floor draw 4 arches close together, each a tall rainbow standing on the floor line.
Tip Keep the wall between the arches thin, like pillars.
Step 4: Middle arches
On the middle floor draw 7 taller arches all the way across, lined up under the top ones.
Step 5: The great gate
In the bottom middle draw an arched gate a bit bigger than the arches above, with 2 bars inside.
Step 6: Bottom arches
On each side of the gate draw 3 arches standing on the bottom line, under the ones above.
Step 7: The ground line
Start near the left edge and draw a flat ground line along the bottom, stopping near the right edge.
Step 8: Two bushes
On the ground, a finger away from each side of the ring, draw a small half-circle bush.
Step 9: The sun
In the top right corner draw a round sun with 8 short rays around it.
Step 10: Sun and stone
Colour the sun yellow. Colour the stone ring sand, going around the arches and the gate.
Step 11: Green bushes, dark gate
Colour the bushes leaf green. Colour inside the gate and the bottom arches slate grey.
Step 12: Dark arches
Colour inside the top and middle arches slate grey too. Go over your lines and your Colosseum is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: the Colosseum, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
