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How to Draw a Japanese House
Draw a Japanese house 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 wide roof.
Step 1: The wide roof
Above the middle draw a long low roof, slanting sides and a flat top. Add a thin ridge box.
Step 2: The walls
Start under the roof, well in from the left. Draw a wide box down and across, stopping under the roof.
Step 3: The porch
Under the walls draw a long thin box for the porch, sticking out past both sides.
Step 4: Sliding doors
Draw a wide box on the wall for the sliding doors. Add lines down and across to make paper squares.
Step 5: Paper windows
Draw a square window on each side of the doors, with a line across and 2 down for little squares.
Step 6: Railings and ground
Draw 2 posts up from each porch end, and 2 rails across to the wall. Add a long ground line.
Step 7: A stone lantern
On the left stack a stone lantern, a base, thick post, box with a window, wide cap and knob.
Step 8: A little tree
On the right draw a big round bumpy treetop, then 2 short trunk lines from the ground up to it.
Step 9: The sun
Draw a round sun with 8 short rays in the top left.
Step 10: Yellow sun, cream walls
Colour the sun yellow and the walls cream, going around the doors and windows.
Step 11: Green tree, wooden porch
Colour the treetop green, then the porch and the tree trunk wood brown.
Step 12: Stone lantern, slate roof
Colour the lantern stone grey around its window, and the roof slate grey. Your Japanese house is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a Japanese house, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
