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How to Draw a Harbor
Draw a harbor in 14 easy steps, about 11 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 water.
Step 1: The water
Draw 3 gentle wavy lines from edge to edge: one across the middle and 2 lower down.
Tip Calm harbour water has small, soft waves.
Step 2: The harbour wall
Start at the left edge, above the water. Draw a flat line past the middle, then down to the water.
Tip This strong stone wall keeps the big waves out.
Step 3: The lighthouse tower
On the end of the wall draw a tall tower, a little narrower at the top than the bottom.
Tip Leave room above it for the lamp.
Step 4: Lamp and roof
On top draw a wide flat box, then a small box for the lamp and a pointy roof.
Step 5: Tower stripes
Draw 3 lines across the tower, evenly spaced, to make 4 stripes.
Step 6: Stone blocks
Draw a long line along the middle of the wall. Add 2 short lines above it and 2 below.
Tip Put the short lines in different places, like bricks.
Step 7: The sailboat hull
On the right, sitting in the middle waves, draw a boat hull with a flat deck and a pointy front.
Tip The bottom of the boat hides under the water.
Step 8: Mast and sails
Start on the deck. Draw a mast straight up and stop. Add a curved sail each side and a flag.
Step 9: The little boat
On the left, in the same waves, draw a smaller hull pointing the other way.
Tip Its pointy front faces the left edge.
Step 10: The cabin
On its deck draw a cabin with a round top. Add a long window with round ends.
Step 11: The sun
In the top right draw a round sun with 8 short rays.
Step 12: Yellow and red
Colour the sun and lamp yellow. Colour the roof, 2 tower stripes, the flag and the sailboat hull red.
Tip Leave the other 2 stripes white.
Step 13: Grey wall, green boat
Colour the wall and the flat box under the lamp grey. Colour the little boat's hull green.
Step 14: Blue sea
Colour the sea and the window blue, going around the boats. Leave the sails and cabin white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a harbor, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
