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How to Draw a Paper Towel Roll
Draw a paper towel roll 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 roll.
Step 1: The roll
Draw a flat oval. Draw a long line down from each end. Join them with a smile curve.
Tip A paper towel roll is much taller than it is wide.
Step 2: The tube hole
Inside the top oval draw a small flat oval in the middle.
Step 3: The loose sheet
Start at the roll's top right corner. Draw a wavy line right, down, and back. Stop at the roll.
Tip The sheet is as tall as the roll.
Step 4: Tear line
Start on the sheet's top edge, halfway along. Draw a straight line down. Stop on its bottom edge.
Step 5: The stand
Start low on the roll's left side. Draw a wide curve round under the roll. Stop under the sheet.
Tip The roll stands on a round plate.
Step 6: Its thick edge
Start at the plate's left end. Draw a short line down, then a curve along underneath. Stop under the sheet.
Step 7: Post and knob
Draw a thin post standing up out of the hole. Top it with a round knob.
Tip The post holds the roll on its stand.
Step 8: Dotty pattern
Draw 3 small circles on the roll and 2 on the sheet.
Tip Spread them out in a zigzag.
Step 9: The table
Draw a straight table line from far left to far right, touching the bottom of the stand.
Step 10: Cream paper
Go over your lines. Colour the roll's side and the sheet cream, around the dots. Leave the top white.
Step 11: Blue and tan
Colour the 5 dots light blue and the little tube hole light brown.
Step 12: Wooden stand
Colour the plate, the post and the knob brown. Your paper towel roll is ready!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a paper towel roll, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
