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How to Draw Dal
Draw dal 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: a round tray.
Step 1: A round tray
In the middle of your paper draw a big round tray, nearly as wide as the page.
Tip Dal is yellow lentil soup on a steel tray with rice and bread.
Step 2: The rim
Draw a second circle a finger inside the tray, all the way round, for the rim.
Step 3: A bowl of dal
At the top left of the tray draw a round bowl, 3 fingers wide. Draw a circle just inside it.
Step 4: A chilli
Near the top right edge of the dal draw a curved chilli with a little stem at its fat end.
Step 5: A heap of rice
At the top right, start low and draw a bumpy heap of rice up and over, stopping low again.
Step 6: Folded bread
At the bottom right draw a half circle with its flat side tilted up, for folded bread.
Step 7: Toasted spots
Draw 3 small round spots on the bread, not in a row.
Step 8: A spoon
At the bottom left draw a spoon: a handle, wider at its end, with an oval bowl at the top.
Step 9: Cream rice, yellow dal
Go over your lines, then colour the rice cream and the dal yellow, going around the chilli.
Step 10: Tan bread
Colour the folded bread tan, going around the toasted spots.
Step 11: Red chilli, brown spots
Colour the chilli red and the toasted spots brown.
Step 12: Steel tray and spoon
Colour the tray, the little bowl and the spoon grey, going around the food. Your dal is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: dal, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
