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How to Draw Crab Cakes
Draw crab cakes 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: a plate.
Step 1: A plate
In the middle of your paper draw a big wide oval plate, nearly as wide as the page.
Step 2: The rim
Draw a second oval a finger inside the plate, all the way round, for the rim.
Step 3: The big crab cake
Draw a flat oval on the left. From its left end draw a U under it, up to the right.
Tip Crab cakes are thick fried patties of crab meat, like fat coins.
Step 4: The small crab cake
Higher on the right draw a smaller oval. From its right end draw a U, back to the big cake.
Tip It tucks behind the big one, so you only draw the part you can see.
Step 5: Crust marks
Curve a crust line on each cake top. Add 3 tiny dashes on the big one, 2 on the small.
Step 6: A lemon wedge
Right of the small cake draw a half circle, flat side up. Add a curve inside and 3 short lines.
Step 7: A sauce cup
In front draw a flat oval with an oval inside. Add a U from its left end to its right.
Step 8: Parsley
Below the lemon draw a short stem up to a point. From there fan out 3 small pointed leaves.
Step 9: Yellow and cream
Go over your lines. Colour the lemon yellow and the sauce cream. Leave the cup white.
Step 10: Golden crab cakes
Colour the sides of the crab cakes tan and their tops ginger.
Step 11: Green and blue
Colour the parsley green and the plate sky blue, around the food. Your crab cakes are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: crab cakes, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
