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How to Draw a Laundry Basket
Draw a laundry basket in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 basket.
Step 1: The basket
In the lower middle draw a tall tub, a little wider at the top than the bottom.
Step 2: The rim
Along the top draw a flat band a little wider than the tub. Add a flat oval at each end.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
On the tub draw 2 big egg eyes side by side, almost touching. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile from eye to eye. Draw a small flat oval cheek at each end.
Step 5: A folded towel
On the right, above the rim, draw a soft flat box for a towel. Add 2 stripes near one end.
Step 6: A T-shirt
Draw a shirt heap from the left rim to the towel. Hang its sleeve over the rim, with a cuff.
Step 7: A sock
Hang a sock over the rim on the right, with a top band, a heel and a toe pointing right.
Step 8: Air slots
Down each side of the tub draw 3 long thin slots, one under the other, the same on both sides.
Step 9: Floor and shadow
Draw a floor line under the tub from left to right, and a flat oval shadow round its bottom.
Step 10: Sparkles
Draw 3 little sparkle stars around the basket, 2 up high and 1 on the right.
Step 11: Yellow sock, pink towel
Go over your lines. Colour the sock and sparkles yellow, the cheeks pink, and the towel pink around the sock.
Step 12: Sky basket
Colour the tub and rim sky blue around the sock, sleeve and cheeks. Leave the eyes, holes and slots white.
Step 13: Red shirt, grey shadow
Colour the shirt and its sleeve red, and the shadow grey. Your laundry basket is full!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a laundry basket, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
