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How to Draw the Gherkin Building
Draw the Gherkin building 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 pickle shape.
Step 1: The pickle shape
In the middle draw a tall fat pickle standing up, bulging in the middle, with a rounded point on top.
Tip The Gherkin is a glass tower shaped like a fat pickle.
Step 2: The tip
Draw a small round dome over the very top point, with a flat bottom.
Step 3: The doors
At the bottom draw a box for the front doors with a line down the middle.
Step 4: Slanting lines one way
Draw 5 lines slanting up to the right across the tower, evenly spaced, edge to edge, all above the doors.
Step 5: Lines the other way
Now draw 5 lines slanting up to the left, crossing the first ones, to make a diamond pattern.
Step 6: Rings
Rule rings straight across the tower where the slanting lines meet its edges. Add short ones by the doors.
Step 7: Two neighbours
Draw a shorter box building on each side of the tower, level with its bottom and tucked behind it.
Step 8: Neighbour windows
Draw 3 tall windows in a row on each neighbour, and a second row of 3 on the left one.
Step 9: Ground and cloud
Draw the ground line across the bottom of the page, and a puffy cloud in the top left.
Step 10: Sky windows
Colour the neighbour windows sky blue, and leave the cloud white.
Step 11: Grey neighbours
Colour the 2 neighbour buildings grey around the windows, stopping at the tower's edge.
Step 12: Teal glass
Colour the tower teal around the doors and the dome, then colour them slate grey. Your Gherkin is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: the Gherkin building, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
