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How to Draw a Monstera Plant
Draw a monstera plant 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 pot rim.
Step 1: The pot rim
A little below the middle draw a wide flat box for the pot rim, a hand wide, a finger tall.
Step 2: The pot
Start under the left end of the rim. Go down leaning in, across, and back up to the rim.
Tip The pot is narrower at the bottom.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
On the pot, below the rim, draw 2 big egg eyes one eye apart. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
From under one eye draw a wide U smile to under the other. Add an oval cheek past each end.
Step 5: 3 stalks
Start on top of the rim. Draw 3 curving stalks, thinner at the top: one up, one left, one right.
Tip Keep the stalks a little apart where they meet the rim.
Step 6: The middle leaf
On top of the middle stalk draw a big heart-shaped leaf with deep notches cut into both sides, like fingers.
Step 7: 2 more leaves
Draw the same notched leaf on the left stalk and the right stalk, tucked a little behind the middle leaf.
Step 8: Holes
In each leaf draw little long holes between the cuts: 3 in the middle leaf, 2 in each side leaf.
Tip Keep each hole away from the ends of the cuts.
Step 9: Middle veins
Draw one line up the middle of each leaf, from the stalk to just short of the tip.
Step 10: The table
Draw a long straight line along the bottom of the pot, from far left to far right, for the table.
Step 11: Pink cheeks
Go over your lines. Colour the 2 oval cheeks pink.
Step 12: Ginger pot
Colour the pot and rim ginger, around the eyes and cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Green leaves
Colour the 3 leaves and stalks green, leaving the holes white. Your monstera is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a monstera plant, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
