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How to Draw a Melting Clock
Draw a melting clock 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: a bare tree.
Step 1: A bare tree
From the bottom left draw a trunk bending into a long branch, then back down to the bottom right.
Tip A clock gone soft, draped over a branch like a wet towel.
Step 2: The soft clock
Draw a big soft clock hanging over the branch, its right side sagging into a long drip below.
Tip Rub out the branch line inside the clock.
Step 3: The numbers
Write 12 at the top, 9 on the left, 3 where it sags, and 6 at the drip's bottom.
Tip The numbers stretch with the clock.
Step 4: Pin and hands
Draw a pin in the round part. From it draw a short hand and a long hand, ending in triangles.
Tip The short hand points up left, the long hand down right.
Step 5: Melting drips
From the clock's bottom edge draw 2 little drips, each hanging down into a round blob.
Tip Rub out the clock line across the top of each drip.
Step 6: A twig and leaf
From the top of the trunk draw a short twig curving up to a small leaf.
Step 7: The sun
In the top right corner draw a circle for the sun, with 8 short rays all the way round.
Step 8: Ground and grass
Draw a ground line across the bottom from left to right. Add 2 tufts of grass on it.
Step 9: Cream clock, yellow sun
Colour the clock and its drips cream, going round the numbers and hands. Colour the sun yellow.
Step 10: Green leaf and grass
Colour the leaf and the grass tufts green.
Step 11: Brown tree, black tips
Colour the tree brown like wood, around the clock, and the hand tips black. Your melting clock is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a melting clock, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
