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How to Draw a Curtain
Draw a curtain 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 curtain rod.
Step 1: The curtain rod
Near the top draw a long line from left to right, nearly page wide, with a knob on each end.
Step 2: The curtains
From the rod draw a curtain on each side: in to a narrow waist, then out to a wavy hem.
Step 3: Tiebacks
At the waist of each curtain draw a small rounded band across it, a bit wider than the waist.
Step 4: The window
From the rod draw the window: down behind a curtain, across the bottom, and back up to the rod.
Step 5: Window panes
In the window draw a line down the middle and a line across the middle, so there are 4 panes.
Step 6: Folds
On each curtain draw 3 soft fold lines: 2 from rod to tieback, one from tieback to hem.
Step 7: Moon and stars
In the window draw a round moon in the top-right pane and 3 tiny sparkle stars in the other panes.
Step 8: The sill
Under the curtains draw a long flat rounded bar for the window sill, leaving a small gap under the hems.
Step 9: Yellow tiebacks and moon
Go over your lines, then colour the tiebacks, the rod knobs, the moon and the stars yellow.
Step 10: Red curtains
Colour both curtains red, around the yellow tiebacks.
Step 11: Night window, wood sill
Colour the window navy around the moon and stars, and the sill wood brown. Your curtains are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a curtain, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
