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How to Draw a Digestive System
Draw a digestive system 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: head and ears.
Step 1: Head and ears
Near the top draw a round head. Start and stop at the neck, leaving a gap. Add 2 ears.
Step 2: Neck and body
From each end of the head go down a neck, over a shoulder and down. Join with a flat bottom.
Step 3: Eyes
Draw 2 egg eyes high on the face. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a tiny white shine.
Step 4: Open mouth
Under the eyes draw a flat line. Hang a deep U from its ends for an open mouth.
Step 5: Large intestine
Low in the body draw a thick band like a square frame: up, across, down, in to the bottom middle.
Tip Leave room above it for the stomach.
Step 6: Folds
Draw 8 short lines across the band: 2 on each side, 3 along the top and 1 below.
Step 7: The stomach
Above the frame draw a fat bean. Curl its thin tail down to the left to touch the band.
Step 8: Food pipe
Draw a thin tube from the mouth down the neck. Bend it right to reach the top of the stomach.
Step 9: Small intestine
Inside the frame draw a block with round bumps down both sides. Join its left corners to the band.
Step 10: Coil lines
Draw 3 lines across the block. Start in the dips: left, right, then left. Stop before the far side.
Step 11: Peach skin
Go over your lines. Colour the skin peach around the mouth and all the tubes. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Yellow and pink
Colour the small intestine yellow. Colour the food pipe and the large intestine pink.
Step 13: Orange and red
Colour the stomach orange and the inside of the mouth red. Your digestive system is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a digestive system, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
