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How to Draw an Email Icon
Draw an email icon 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 envelope.
Step 1: The envelope
In the middle of your paper draw a big wide box with square corners, wider than it is tall.
Tip Make it big: the envelope is the whole drawing.
Step 2: Two big eyes
High on the box draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a big black dot in each, leaving a white shine.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile, with a small flat cheek beside each end.
Step 4: The flap
Start at the top-left corner. Slant down to a point under the smile, then back up to the top-right corner.
Step 5: Folds
From each bottom corner draw a light slanted line up toward the middle, stopping where it meets the V.
Step 6: A heart
Under the point of the V draw a small heart.
Step 7: Sparkles
Draw 4 little sparkles in the air around the envelope.
Step 8: Table line
Draw a table line under the envelope, starting a little past the left side and stopping past the right.
Step 9: Sky envelope
Go over your lines, then colour the envelope sky blue, around the V flap and the heart.
Step 10: Pink cheeks
Leave the flap and the eyes white, and colour the cheeks pink.
Step 11: Red heart
Colour the heart red. You have got mail!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an email icon, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
