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How to Draw an Obelisk
Draw an obelisk in 11 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: tall shaft.
Step 1: Tall shaft
Draw a very tall thin box in the middle of your paper. Make it a little narrower at the top.
Step 2: Pointed tip
Draw a small triangle on top, from one top corner up to a point and down to the other corner.
Step 3: First base
Under the shaft draw a flat box a little wider than the shaft, like a step.
Step 4: Big base
Under that draw a wider, taller box for the bottom base, with a line across it near the bottom.
Step 5: Carvings
Up the front draw little carvings, one above the other: a circle, a line, a zigzag, a bird, another line.
Step 6: The ground
Draw the ground from each side of the big base out to the paper's edge.
Step 7: Palm trunk
On the left, from the ground, draw a thin trunk curving up to the right, narrower at the top.
Step 8: Palm leaves
From the top of the trunk draw 4 long pointed leaves: 2 arching up and 2 drooping down.
Step 9: The sun
Draw a small round sun with 8 short rays in the top right, far from the obelisk.
Step 10: Sun and sand
Colour the sun yellow. Colour the shaft, the tip and the palm trunk sand, going round the carvings.
Step 11: Grey bases, green leaves
Colour the 2 bases stone grey and the palm leaves green. Your obelisk is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an obelisk, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
