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How to Draw a Sugar Cube
Draw a sugar cube 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: first cube.
Step 1: First cube
Low on the left, draw a big square with soft corners. Add a thin slanted top and right side.
Step 2: Second cube
Right beside it, touching, draw a second cube just the same.
Step 3: Cube on top
On top of the 2, in the middle, draw a third box the same, set back a little.
Tip Its bottom hides a little of the cubes below.
Step 4: The table
Draw a table line under the cubes from well left to well right, just touching their bottoms.
Step 5: A shadow
Draw a thin flat curve just below the table line, from under the left cube to under the right cube.
Step 6: Sugar grains
Dot 4 tiny sugar grains on the front of each cube, spread apart.
Step 7: Sparkles
Draw a four-point sparkle above the top cube and one out to each side.
Step 8: White cubes
Go over your lines, then leave the fronts of the cubes white and colour their top and side faces cream.
Step 9: Sky sparkles
Colour the sparkles sky blue.
Step 10: Grey shadow
Colour the shadow grey, and your sugar cubes are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sugar cube, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
