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How to Draw Northern Lights
Draw northern lights 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: top curtain edge.
Step 1: Top curtain edge
High up, start near the left side. Draw a long wavy line across. Stop near the right side.
Step 2: Ribbon of light
From the right end, draw a second wavy line back underneath. Stop at the left end to close the ribbon.
Step 3: Rays of light
From the top edge draw 7 short lines hanging down inside the ribbon, long and short in turn.
Step 4: Second curtain
Lower down, draw a smaller wavy ribbon the same way. Hang 5 short lines from its top edge.
Step 5: Big stars
Draw 5 little stars: 2 high in the corners and 3 low down in the middle.
Step 6: Twinkles
In the gaps draw 7 tiny twinkles. Each one is a little diamond with 4 points.
Step 7: Snowy hill
Near the bottom, start at the left edge. Draw one long soft hill across. Stop at the right edge.
Step 8: Two pine trees
On each side of the hill draw a pine tree: zigzag up to a point, back down, then a trunk.
Step 9: Yellow stars
Colour the 5 stars and all the tiny twinkles yellow.
Step 10: Green and teal light
Colour the big ribbon of light green. Colour the smaller ribbon teal.
Step 11: Trees
Colour the 2 pine trees green and their trunks brown.
Step 12: Navy night
Colour everything above the hill navy, around the lights, stars and trees. Leave the hill white, like snow.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: northern lights, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
