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How to Draw a Pencil Sharpener
Draw a pencil sharpener 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: sharpener block.
Step 1: Sharpener block
A little right of the middle, draw a box with soft corners, a bit wider than it is tall.
Tip You twist the pencil inside and a blade shaves the wood.
Step 2: Happy face
On the front, draw 2 big egg eyes with black dots. Add a U smile and 2 tiny cheeks.
Step 3: Blade on top
Start on the top edge near the left. Draw a thin flat plate and stop on the top edge.
Step 4: Pencil going in
On the block's left side, draw a small rounded collar. From it, draw a long pencil lying flat, sliding in.
Step 5: Band and eraser
At the pencil's left end, draw a short metal band with a line down it, and a plump eraser.
Step 6: Crank handle
From the blade's right end, draw a short bar out, then a short bar up with a knob on top.
Step 7: Ground and shadow
Draw a ground line under the sharpener and pencil. Add a flat oval shadow under the block.
Step 8: Sparkles
Add a sparkle above the pencil and a small one to the right of the block.
Step 9: Yellow sparkles
Colour the sparkles yellow.
Step 10: Yellow pencil, pink eraser
Colour the pencil yellow and the eraser pink.
Step 11: Grey parts and shadow
Colour the metal band, the collar, the blade, the crank handle and the shadow grey.
Step 12: Pink cheeks
Colour the cheeks pink.
Step 13: Blue sharpener
Colour the block blue, going around the cheeks and leaving the eyes white. Your sharpener is ready!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pencil sharpener, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
