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How to Draw a Kettle
Draw a kettle in 11 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 kettle body.
Step 1: The kettle body
In the middle of your paper, draw a big plump dome with a flat bottom, like a fat hill.
Tip Fatter at the bottom than the top.
Step 2: Lid and handle
On top draw a flat lid with a knob. Arch a thick rainbow from one end over to the other.
Step 3: Two big eyes
Draw 2 big egg eyes in the middle of the kettle. Add a black dot and a shine in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile. Add a small flat cheek beside each end.
Step 5: The spout
Low on the right side, draw a fat spout slanting up, flat at the tip, then back to the body.
Tip Wide where it joins the kettle, thinner at the tip.
Step 6: Steam
Just above the spout's tip, draw 2 soft wiggly steam lines rising up, like little snakes.
Step 7: A stripe
Near the bottom of the kettle, start on the left edge and draw a gentle smile across to the right.
Step 8: Table and shadow
Draw a flat oval shadow under the kettle, poking out both sides. Add a table line out from each end.
Step 9: Yellow lid, grey handle
Colour the lid and the bottom stripe yellow, then the handle and the knob grey.
Step 10: Pink cheeks, grey shadow
Colour the cheeks pink and the shadow grey.
Step 11: Red kettle
Colour the kettle and spout red above the stripe, around the cheeks. Leave the eyes white. Your kettle is whistling!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a kettle, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
