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How to Draw a Desert
Draw a desert in 13 easy steps, about 10 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: tall cactus.
Step 1: Tall cactus
Left of the middle, start near the bottom. Draw a tall loaf up, over a top, down to stop level.
Step 2: Two arms
Start on the left of the trunk. Draw a J arm up, back to the trunk. Do a right arm.
Step 3: Sand dunes
From the left edge draw a hill down to the trunk, then a long hill out to the right edge.
Step 4: Flat-top rock
Start on the right hill. Draw a slanted line up, across a flat top, and down to the hill.
Step 5: Ground
Start at the left edge. Draw a straight ground line under the cactus, and stop at the right edge.
Step 6: Round cactus and flower
Right of the cactus, start on the ground. Draw a squat dome and stop on the ground. Add a flower.
Step 7: Rib lines
Draw a line down each side of the trunk, one along each arm, and 2 down the round cactus.
Step 8: Prickles
Dot little prickles along the rib lines: 4 on each trunk line and 2 on each arm.
Step 9: Sun
In the top right corner draw a circle for the sun, with 8 short rays around it like a clock.
Step 10: Sand ripples and birds
Draw a few little rainbow curves on the sand for wind ripples. Draw 2 little flat-M birds in the sky.
Step 11: Yellow sun, sandy dunes
Colour the sun yellow. Colour the dunes and the ground sand, right to the edges of the page.
Step 12: Pink flower, orange rock
Colour the little flower pink and the flat-top rock orange.
Step 13: Green cacti
Colour the tall cactus and the round cactus green. Go over your lines and you are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a desert, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
