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How to Draw a Dune
Draw a dune in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 ground.
Step 1: The ground
Low on your paper, draw a long straight ground line from the left edge to the right edge.
Step 2: The big dune
From the ground at the left edge, slope gently up to a point, then steeply down to the ground.
Tip The point sits right of the middle: one long gentle side, one short steep side.
Step 3: The ridge
From the point, draw 1 curved line down the front of the dune, stopping on the ground.
Step 4: A dune behind
Start on the left edge, higher up. Draw a second hill, higher on the paper, stopping on the big dune.
Step 5: A far dune
Start on the back dune. Draw a third hill up over a soft top and down to the right edge.
Step 6: The sun
In the top left corner, draw a round sun with 8 short rays round it.
Step 7: Dry grass
On the big dune, draw 1 small tuft of dry grass: 3 blades fanning up from one spot.
Step 8: Wind lines
Between the sun and the far dune, draw 2 long curved wind lines, one under the other.
Step 9: Sandy dune
Colour the big dune and the flat sand in front sand yellow, right to the edges of the page.
Step 10: Yellow sun
Colour the sun yellow.
Step 11: Tan dunes behind
Colour the two dunes behind tan, out to the edges. Go over your lines and your dune is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a dune, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
