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How to Draw a Pearl
Draw a pearl 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 bottom shell.
Step 1: The bottom shell
Below the middle, draw a wide bowl: a flat line across the top, then a big U to a point.
Tip Like a fan turned upside down.
Step 2: The pearl
On the middle of the flat edge, draw a big round pearl, with a little shine inside its top-left edge.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the pearl, just below the middle, draw 2 big egg eyes an eye apart, with black dots and shines.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes, draw a wide U smile from the left eye to the right. Add cheeks at each end.
Step 5: The top shell
From end to end of the flat edge, draw a big rainbow over the pearl, then a rim just inside.
Step 6: Shell ridges
From the bottom point, fan 4 lines to the flat edge. Fan 4 more from the edge to the rim.
Step 7: Bubbles
Beside the shell, draw 4 round bubbles floating up, 2 on each side.
Step 8: Sandy floor
Draw a gently wobbly line across the bottom of the page under the shell, from edge to edge.
Step 9: Peach cheeks, sky bubbles
Colour the cheeks peach and the bubbles sky blue, leaving the pearl white. Keep the eyes white.
Step 10: Pink shells
Go over your lines, then colour the bottom shell and the rim of the top shell pink.
Step 11: Purple inside
Colour the inside of the top shell purple, around the pearl and up to the rim. Your pearl is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pearl, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
