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How to Draw a Hanging Plant
Draw a hanging plant 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 basket rim.
Step 1: The basket rim
In the middle of your paper draw a wide flat box, as wide as your hand and a finger tall.
Step 2: The bowl
Start under the rim near the left end. Draw a big round bowl like a smile, up to the rim.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the bowl draw 2 big egg eyes, an eye-width apart. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a shine.
Step 4: A big smile
Leave a little gap under the eyes and draw a wide U smile, ends turning up.
Step 5: Ceiling and hook
Draw a ceiling line across the top. From its middle draw a short line down to a small ring.
Step 6: Three strings
Start at the bottom of the ring. Draw 3 straight strings down to the rim: left end, middle, right end.
Step 7: A mound of leaves
Start on the left end of the rim. Draw 6 soft bumps up and over to the right end.
Step 8: Trailing vines
Start under each end of the leaves. Draw a wavy vine over the rim's corner and down past the basket.
Tip Let the vines hang down in a soft wiggle, not stick out like legs.
Step 9: Left vine leaves
Along the left vine draw 4 little teardrop leaves, swapping sides as you go. Round ends sit on the vine.
Step 10: Right vine leaves
Draw 4 little teardrop leaves along the right vine the same way, swapping sides as you go.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, ginger basket
Colour 2 pink cheeks under the eyes. Then colour the basket and rim ginger, going around the eyes and cheeks.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Green leaves
Colour the mound and all the vine leaves green. Go over your lines and your hanging plant is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hanging plant, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
