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How to Draw a Jade Plant
Draw a jade 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 pot rim.
Step 1: The pot rim
Low on your paper draw a wide flat box for a pot rim, a hand wide and a finger tall.
Step 2: The pot
Start under the rim near the left end. Draw a side down, across the bottom, and up to the rim.
Step 3: The thick trunk
From the rim draw 2 lines up for a short thick trunk, stopping two fingers above the rim.
Step 4: A left branch
From the top of the left trunk line, draw a branch out left and back in to a round dip.
Step 5: Middle and right branches
From the dip draw a branch up and back down, then one out right and back to the trunk.
Step 6: Leaves on the left
Over the left branch tip draw a bunch of 6 fat oval leaves, and 2 more partway along it.
Step 7: Leaves in the middle
Draw the same bunch of 6 fat oval leaves over the middle branch tip, and 2 more partway down.
Step 8: Leaves on the right
And 6 more over the right branch tip, with 2 partway along, so every branch is full of leaves.
Step 9: The table
Draw a long straight line along the bottom of the pot, from well left to well right, for the table.
Step 10: Ginger pot
Go over your lines. Colour the pot and its rim ginger brown.
Step 11: Green leaves
Colour all the fat oval leaves leaf green.
Step 12: Brown trunk
Colour the trunk and branches brown, up to the leaves, and your jade plant is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a jade plant, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
