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How to Draw a Mayflower Ship
Draw a mayflower ship 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 water.
Step 1: The water
Low on the page, start near the left edge. Draw a long wavy line across to the right edge.
Tip Keep the bumps small and all the same size.
Step 2: The hull
Start on the waves. Draw a curved bow up, a long sagging deck across, a back down to the waves.
Tip The Mayflower carried the Pilgrims across the ocean in 1620.
Step 3: Two castles
Start on the deck. Draw a low front box and a tall stepped back box. Stop on the deck.
Step 4: 3 masts
Draw 3 tall poles: the tallest up from the middle of the deck, a shorter one from each castle.
Step 5: Main sails
On the middle mast draw 2 crossbars. Hang a small square sail from the top one, a big one below.
Tip Sails bulge out at the sides, like they are full of wind.
Step 6: Front sails
On the front mast draw 2 more crossbars and sails the same way, a little smaller.
Step 7: Back sail and pennant
On the back mast draw one crossbar and sail. On top of the middle mast draw a long pointed flag.
Step 8: Bowsprit and stripe
Draw a fat pole poking out of the front castle. Draw 2 long lines along the hull, bow to back.
Step 9: Portholes
Between the 2 long lines draw 3 small round portholes, spread out.
Step 10: Cream sails
Colour all 5 sails cream.
Step 11: Wooden hull, blue sea
Colour the hull light brown, but not the stripe. Colour the sea blue, down to the bottom of the page.
Step 12: Brown masts and castles
Colour the 2 castles, the masts, the crossbars and the bowsprit dark brown.
Step 13: Red stripe and pennant
Colour the stripe red, around the portholes. Leave the portholes white. Colour the pennant red.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a mayflower ship, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
