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How to Draw a Metal Detector
Draw a metal detector in 13 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 control box.
Step 1: The control box
A little right of the middle draw a small rounded box tipped on a slant.
Tip A metal detector beeps when its coil passes over buried metal.
Step 2: 2 eyes
On the box draw 2 small round eyes side by side. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 3: A smile
Under the eyes draw a small U smile, starting below one eye and stopping below the other.
Step 4: The shaft
Start at the top right of your paper. Draw 2 close lines slanting down behind the box to bottom left.
Step 5: The grip
At the top end of the shaft draw a short fat grip handle sticking up and out to the right.
Step 6: The coil
Near the bottom of your paper draw a big flat oval on the shaft's end, with a smaller oval inside.
Step 7: Signal lines
Beside the right end of the coil draw 2 curved signal lines, one outside the other.
Step 8: The sand
Draw a gently bumpy sand line right across your paper, from the left edge to the right edge.
Step 9: Buried coin
Right of the coil draw a coin's top half with a ring inside, starting and stopping on the sand.
Step 10: Sun
In the top left corner draw a sun: a circle with short rays around it.
Step 11: Sand and pink cheeks
Go over your lines. Colour the beach sand colour, and 2 pink cheeks beside the smile.
Step 12: Yellow detector and sun
Colour the box yellow around the face, then the coil, coin and sun yellow. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Grey shaft and grip
Colour the shaft and grip slate grey. Beep beep, your metal detector has found treasure!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a metal detector, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
