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How to Draw a Pencil
Draw a pencil 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 barrel.
Step 1: The barrel
Start near the top. Draw 2 long lines down, leaning left, joined across the top. Stop past the middle.
Tip The pencil leans like a ladder on a wall: top right, bottom left.
Step 2: Sharp point
From each side's bottom, draw a long slanted line. They meet in a sharp tip. Add a small lead line.
Tip The point is long, about two thirds as long as the barrel.
Step 3: Happy face
Inside the barrel, above the middle, draw 2 big round eyes with black dots. Add a wide U smile.
Step 4: Wavy collar
Start at the bottom of the left side. Draw 3 wavy bumps hanging down, across to the right side.
Tip This is where the yellow paint stops and the wood begins.
Step 5: Metal band
From each top corner, draw a line up and join them. Add a middle line, and a shine line below.
Tip Keep the shine line short, high on the left, away from the face.
Step 6: Plump eraser
On the band, draw 2 tiny lines up. From the left one, draw a plump hill over to the right.
Step 7: Rosy cheeks
Draw a small oval cheek beside each end of the smile, well inside the barrel.
Step 8: A squiggle
Start near the bottom left. Draw a gentle wavy line that finishes on the sharp tip. The pencil is writing!
Step 9: Yellow barrel, peach cheeks
Colour the cheeks peach. Colour the barrel yellow around them, down to the wavy collar, leaving the eyes white.
Step 10: Pink eraser, tan wood
Colour the eraser pink, and the sharpened wooden point tan, up to the wavy collar.
Step 11: Grey band, black lead
Colour the metal band grey and the lead at the very tip black. Then go over all your lines.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pencil, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
