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How to Draw Paella
Draw paella 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 pan.
Step 1: The pan
In the middle draw a big flat oval, as wide as your hand, for the top of the pan.
Step 2: The side
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw a shallow curve under it, up to the right end.
Step 3: 2 handles
At each end draw a big D loop that starts and stops on the pan, and a small D inside.
Tip The small D is the hole, so the handles look like loops.
Step 4: The rice
Inside the oval draw a second oval a finger inside it for the rice.
Step 5: Prawns
Draw 2 curled prawns on the rice, upper left and lower right, each a fat C with a fan tail.
Tip Make each prawn get thinner towards its tail.
Step 6: Mussels
Draw 2 pointed almond shapes like open shells, with a line along the middle of each.
Step 7: Pepper strips
Draw 3 short fat strips of red pepper in the gaps on the rice.
Step 8: Peas
Draw 4 little round peas spread about the rice, in the gaps.
Step 9: The table
Draw a line under the pan from well left to well right.
Step 10: Yellow rice
Go over your lines, then colour the rice yellow around the prawns, mussels, peppers and peas.
Step 11: Pink prawns, navy mussels
Colour the prawns pink and the mussel shells navy.
Step 12: Green peas, red peppers
Colour the peas green and the peppers red.
Step 13: Slate pan
Colour the pan's rim, side and handles slate grey, around the yellow rice and the handle holes.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: paella, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
