How to Draw a Globe Theatre

Step 1: The roof

Near the top of your paper draw a wide flat oval, like a plate seen from the side.

Tip Leave room above it for a flag.

Step 2: Thick thatch

Start at the oval's left end. Go down a little, curve along under the oval, stop at its right end.

Tip The roof is made of thick straw, called thatch.

Step 3: Round wall

Start under the roof on the left. Draw down, straight across the bottom, and up. Stop under the roof.

Tip Keep the 2 sides straight and the same length.

Step 4: The open middle

Inside the roof oval draw a smaller flat oval, a little above the middle. The theatre has no lid.

Step 5: Upright posts

Draw 6 thin posts from the roof down to the bottom edge, 3 each side of the middle.

Tip Put the posts closer together near the sides. That makes the wall look round.

Step 6: Floor beams

Draw 2 thin beams across the wall, sagging a little in the middle. Hop over each post.

Step 7: The door

Between the 2 middle posts draw a door with a round top. Add a line down its middle.

Tip The line makes it a pair of doors.

Step 8: Little windows

Between the 2 beams draw a row of 5 small windows, one in each gap between posts.

Step 9: Flag and ground

On the roof draw a pole with a pointed flag. Draw a ground line out from each bottom corner.

Tip A flag on top told people there was a play that day.

Step 10: Blue windows

Colour the 5 little windows light blue. Leave the walls between the beams white.

Step 11: Straw roof, red flag

Colour the roof ring and its thick edge sandy yellow, like straw. Colour the flag red.

Step 12: Brown beams and door

Colour the posts and the 2 long beams dark brown. Colour the door light brown.

Step 13: Dark middle

Colour the hole in the roof dark grey. Go over your lines and your Globe Theatre is done!