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How to Draw a Ladder
Draw a ladder 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 left rail.
Step 1: The left rail
Start near the bottom left. Draw a tall thin bar straight up to near the top, a finger wide.
Tip Keep both rails straight up and down, so every rung sits level.
Step 2: The right rail
Draw a second bar just like the first, a hand to the right, also standing straight up.
Step 3: Top and bottom rungs
Near the top draw a thin rung from the left rail across to the right rail. Same near the bottom.
Step 4: Middle rungs
Draw 3 more rungs evenly spaced between them, each starting on the left rail and stopping on the right.
Step 5: The ground
Draw a ground line along the bottom of the paper, under both rails.
Step 6: A small bucket
Right of the ladder, leaving a gap, draw a small bucket with a flat rim and a box narrowing down.
Step 7: Bucket handle
Start on the left of the rim. Draw a rainbow up and over to the right of the rim.
Step 8: A paint drip
Start under the rim, near the left. Draw a short drip down to a blob and back up.
Step 9: Sky paint drip
Colour the paint drip sky blue.
Step 10: Wooden ladder
Colour both rails and all the rungs wood brown.
Step 11: Red bucket, grey rim
Colour the bucket red, around the drip, and the rim grey. Your ladder is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a ladder, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
