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How to Draw a Diving Board
Draw a diving board 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: the pool deck.
Step 1: The pool deck
From the left edge, low down, draw a flat deck line, then go straight down to the page bottom.
Step 2: The water
From the deck's top corner draw a wavy water line across to the right edge of the page.
Step 3: The ladder stand
On the deck draw a tall rectangle standing up for the ladder stand, with 4 short rung lines across it.
Step 4: The board
On the stand draw a long chunky board sticking out over the water, thinner and rounded at the tip.
Tip The board reaches past the middle of the pool, 2 fingers thick.
Step 5: Hand rail
From the board's back half draw 2 posts up a thumb high. Join them with 2 bars.
Tip One bar across the top, one halfway up.
Step 6: Bounce lines
Draw a short curved line under the tip of the board and one above it, to show it bouncing.
Step 7: The splash
From the water under the tip, draw a spiky splash crown back to the water. Add 2 rings, 3 drops.
Tip The rings go round the splash's base, behind its spouts. Rub out the water line inside them.
Step 8: The sun
In the top right draw a round sun with short rays all around it.
Step 9: Cloud and sunny face
Draw a small cloud left of the sun. Give the sun 2 dot eyes and a smile.
Step 10: Yellow sun, sky board
Colour the sun yellow. Colour the diving board, the splash and the ripple rings sky blue.
Step 11: Stone deck
Colour the pool deck stone grey.
Step 12: Blue water and drops
Colour the water blue around the splash and the rings, and the drops blue. Leave the cloud white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a diving board, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
