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How to Draw a Paint Roller
Draw a paint roller 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: the roller.
Step 1: The roller
Near the top, draw a long fat sausage lying sideways, flat at the right end, round at the left.
Tip The roller is 3 times longer than it is tall.
Step 2: The end cap
Inside the left end, draw a tall curve from top edge to bottom edge, bulging right, like a tin.
Step 3: Two big eyes
A little left of the middle, draw 2 big egg eyes close together. Put a big black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes, draw a U smile from eye to eye, and a small oval cheek beside each end.
Step 5: The frame
From the middle of the right end, draw a fat wire out, down, and back in under the middle.
Step 6: The handle
At the end of the wire, draw a long fat pill hanging straight down for the handle.
Tip The handle is about half as long as the roller.
Step 7: Nap lines
On the right part of the roller, draw 3 short lines from top to bottom, a finger apart.
Step 8: Sparkles
Draw 3 sparkle stars around the roller: 4 dots like a plus sign joined by curved sides.
Step 9: Pink cheeks, yellow sparkles
Go over your lines. Colour the cheeks pink and the sparkles yellow.
Step 10: Grey frame, orange handle
Colour the bent wire frame grey and the handle orange.
Step 11: Blue roller
Colour the roller blue around the cheeks, and leave the eyes white. Your paint roller is ready to roll!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a paint roller, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
