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How to Draw a Drum
Draw a drum 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 drum top.
Step 1: The drum top
Above the middle of your paper draw a big wide oval. Draw a smaller oval just inside it.
Step 2: The barrel body
Start at each end of the oval and draw a side down, bowing out. Join them with a wide smile.
Step 3: Two hoops
Start on the left side under the oval. Draw a smile across to the right side. Repeat near the bottom.
Step 4: Big eyes
Below the middle of the front draw 2 big round eyes. Add a big black dot with a shine.
Step 5: Big smile
From eye to eye draw a line, then a big U joining its ends. Add a tongue hill and cheeks.
Tip Colour the mouth black, but leave the tongue white.
Step 6: Crossed drumsticks
Draw a bead on the drum top with a long thin stick leaning up from it. Add another, crossing it.
Step 7: Boot laces
Between the hoops on the left draw a tall W touching both hoops. Draw another W on the right.
Step 8: Music notes
Left of the drum draw a black oval with a tall stem and a flag. Add another on the right.
Step 9: Puddle shadow
Under the drum draw a long flat oval a little wider than it. Only draw the parts that poke out.
Step 10: Yellow hoops, cream skin
Colour the rim and the 2 hoops yellow. Colour the drum skin inside the rim cream, not the sticks.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, wooden sticks
Colour the cheeks and the tongue pink, and the drumsticks wood brown.
Step 12: Red drum, grey shadow
Colour the drum red between the hoops, around the face. Leave the eyes white. Colour the shadow grey.
Tip Go over all your lines to finish.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a drum, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
