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How to Draw Mount Everest
Draw Mount Everest in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 ground.
Step 1: The ground
Low on your paper draw a long straight ground line from near the left edge to near the right edge.
Step 2: The pointed peak
From the ground, slant up over a shoulder to a point, then over a little ledge down to the ground.
Tip The point reaches near the top of the paper. Stop both ends a little in from the paper's edges.
Step 3: Snow line
Below the point, start on the left slope. Draw a short zigzag across the peak, stopping on the right slope.
Step 4: Blowing snow
Start at the point. Draw a puffy snow cloud blowing right, thin at the end, and back to the slope.
Step 5: Two poles
On the left, start on the ground. Draw a tall pole up and stop. Add a shorter pole beside it.
Step 6: The string
Start at the top of the tall pole. Draw a sagging string across to the top of the short pole.
Step 7: Five flags
Hang 5 little square flags from the string, evenly spaced, with a little gap between them.
Step 8: The sun
In a top corner, draw a round sun as big as a plum, with 8 short rays all round.
Step 9: A cloud
Right of the peak, draw a small cloud with 3 round bumps on top and a softly rounded bottom.
Step 10: Yellow and green
Colour the sun and the last flag yellow, and the fourth flag green. Leave the second flag white.
Step 11: Red and blue flags
Colour the third flag red and the first flag blue.
Step 12: Slate mountain, white snow
Colour the mountain slate grey around the flags and poles, leaving the snow white. Go over your lines!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: Mount Everest, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
