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How to Draw an Observatory
Draw an observatory 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 dome.
Step 1: The dome
Above the middle, start on the left. Draw a big dome like an upside-down bowl, ending level with the start.
Tip More than half the page wide.
Step 2: The tower
From each end of the dome draw a line down, a hand long. Join the bottoms with a gentle smile.
Step 3: The band
From the dome's left end draw a shallow smile across to the right end, and another just under it.
Step 4: The slit
On the dome draw a tall slot: from near the top, curve down to the band, and back up inside.
Tip The slit follows the curve of the dome, a finger thick.
Step 5: The telescope
From the slit draw a fat tube leaning up right, stopping in the sky, with a ring on the end.
Step 6: Door and windows
Start on the bottom line, draw a door with a rainbow top, stop on the line. Add 2 square windows.
Step 7: Moon and stars
In the top left draw a crescent moon: a C with a thinner C inside. Add 3 stars.
Step 8: Sparkles
Dot 2 tiny sparkles in the empty sky above the dome.
Step 9: The ground
Draw a ground line out from each bottom corner of the tower to the edge, with a little grass tuft.
Step 10: Yellow moon and stars
Colour the moon and the stars yellow.
Step 11: Cream tower, grey telescope
Colour the tower cream and the telescope grey.
Step 12: Slate dome, navy slit
Colour the dome slate grey and the slit navy, around the telescope. Go over your lines!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an observatory, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
