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How to Draw Gumbo
Draw gumbo in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 rim.
Step 1: The rim
Above the middle draw a wide oval for the top of a big pot, more than a hand across.
Step 2: The pot
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw the side down, round the bottom, up to the right end.
Tip Gumbo is a thick dark stew from Louisiana, served with rice.
Step 3: Ear handles
On each side, under the rim, draw a small ear handle: start on the side, bulge out, stop on it.
Step 4: The stew
Inside the rim draw a second oval a finger inside it, all the way round, for the dark stew.
Step 5: A scoop of rice
On the left of the stew draw a scoop of rice: a bumpy dome, like half a ball.
Step 6: Okra and sausage
Along the front draw 2 little okra stars, and a bigger round sausage slice between them.
Step 7: A shrimp
Behind the sausage draw a shrimp: a fat C, thin at the tail, with a fan and 2 lines across.
Step 8: A ladle
On the right draw a ladle standing in the stew: a long handle up above the rim, hooked on top.
Step 9: Steam
Above the pot draw 2 wiggly steam lines going up.
Step 10: The table
Draw a line under the pot from well left to well right, just touching its bottom.
Step 11: White rice, pink shrimp
Go over your lines, then colour the rice white and the shrimp pink.
Step 12: Green okra, red sausage
Colour the okra stars green and the sausage slice red.
Step 13: Slate pot, brown stew
Colour the pot, its rim and the ladle slate grey, then the stew brown around everything.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: gumbo, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
