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How to Draw the Horsehead Nebula
Draw the Horsehead Nebula in 10 easy steps, about 8 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 glowing cloud.
Step 1: The glowing cloud
Start low on the left. Draw a big wobbly arch up and over the top. Stop low on the right.
Tip A nebula is a giant cloud of glowing gas in space.
Step 2: The horse head
Draw a big horse head rising from the bottom of the paper, with 2 pointy ears and a long nose.
Step 3: Eye, smile and nostril
Draw 1 big round eye with a dot and a shine. Add a tiny smile and a nostril dot.
Step 4: Close the cloud
Start where the arch ended. Draw a wobbly line along the bottom and stop where the cloud began.
Step 5: The mane
Start under the ear. Draw 4 round bumps halfway down the neck. Rub out the neck line under them.
Step 6: Stars inside
Inside the cloud, draw 3 little stars: 1 on the left, 1 on the right and 1 low down.
Step 7: Stars around
Out in space, draw 4 more little stars, 1 near each corner.
Step 8: Yellow stars
Go over your lines. Colour all 7 stars yellow.
Step 9: Pink cloud
Colour the cloud pink, around the horse and the stars.
Step 10: Dark horse
Colour the horse and its mane dark navy blue. Leave the eye white. Your nebula is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: the Horsehead Nebula, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
