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How to Draw a Mint Plant
Draw a mint plant in 10 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: the stem.
Step 1: The stem
From the bottom middle draw a thin stem straight up to near the top, getting narrower as it goes.
Step 2: The bottom leaves
Low on the stem draw a pointy oval leaf off each side, with a bumpy edge and a vein line.
Tip Mint leaves are pointy ovals with little round bumps all along the edge.
Step 3: The second pair
Leave a gap, then higher up draw another pair of bumpy leaves, a touch smaller, not touching the first pair.
Step 4: The third pair
Leave a gap and draw a smaller pair of bumpy leaves higher still.
Step 5: The top pair
Near the top of the stem draw the smallest pair of bumpy leaves, with a gap below them.
Step 6: The tip sprout
On the very top of the stem draw 2 tiny pointy leaves standing up in a V.
Step 7: Soil and ground
Draw a ground line from edge to edge, then a low soil hill on it around the stem.
Step 8: Green leaves
Go over your lines, then colour the 4 big pairs of leaves green.
Step 9: Green sprout
Colour the 2 tip leaves green too.
Step 10: Green stem, brown soil
Colour the stem dark green and the soil hill brown. Your mint plant is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a mint plant, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
