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How to Draw the Louvre Pyramid
Draw the Louvre Pyramid 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 long palace.
Step 1: The long palace
Below the middle, draw a long flat box nearly from edge to edge, standing on the ground, for the palace.
Step 2: The middle pavilion
In the middle of the palace, draw a box rising above it, with a hat roof poking out both sides.
Step 3: Side roofs
Each side of the pavilion, draw a long flat roof along the palace top, slanting in at both ends.
Step 4: The glass pyramid
In front of the palace, draw a big triangle standing on the ground, its point just under the pavilion.
Step 5: Glass grid
Inside the pyramid, rule 2 lines across from side to side, and 2 from the point down to the bottom.
Step 6: Two little pyramids
Draw a small triangle pyramid standing on the ground near each end, in front of the palace.
Step 7: Palace windows
Along the palace bottom, draw 2 arched windows each side of the big pyramid, and 1 in the pavilion.
Step 8: Upstairs windows
Higher up, draw a row of small square windows along the palace: 4 on each side.
Step 9: Ground, pools and sun
Draw the ground line from edge to edge. Add a flat oval pool below it on each side.
Tip Draw a small sun with short rays high on the right.
Step 10: Cream palace, yellow sun
Colour the palace and pavilion cream, going round the windows. Colour the sun yellow.
Step 11: Sky glass, grey ground
Colour the 3 pyramids and 2 pools sky blue. Colour the ground light grey around the pools.
Step 12: Blue windows, slate roofs
Colour all the windows blue and the roofs dark grey. Your Louvre pyramid is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: the Louvre Pyramid, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
