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How to Draw Pho
Draw pho in 14 easy steps, about 11 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 rim.
Step 1: The rim
A little above the middle, draw a wide flat oval as wide as your hand: the top of the bowl.
Tip Look down into the bowl a little: the top is a flat oval.
Step 2: The bowl
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw a big deep U down and up to the right end.
Step 3: Foot and table
From the bowl, draw a short stand down, across and up to the bowl. Rest it on a table line.
Step 4: The stripe
Start on the left side under the rim, draw a smile line round the bowl, stop on the right side.
Step 5: The broth
Inside the rim, draw a second flat oval a finger inside it for the soup.
Step 6: Beef slices
On the left of the soup, draw 2 flat beef ovals, one tucked a little behind the other.
Tip Keep every topping inside the soup line.
Step 7: Lime wheel
On the right of the soup, draw a flat lime oval with 3 lines crossing in the middle.
Step 8: Chopsticks
Left of the lime, draw 2 long thin chopsticks side by side, leaning up over the rim to the right.
Step 9: Noodles
Between the beef and the chopsticks, draw 3 fat wavy noodles, one under the other.
Step 10: Basil and chili
Below the chopstick ends, draw a pointy basil leaf. Dot 2 little chili rings far apart on the soup.
Step 11: Steam
Start just above the rim and draw 3 wiggly steam lines going up, the middle one tallest.
Step 12: Tan soup, green lime
Colour the soup tan around the toppings, leaving the noodles white. Colour the lime and basil green.
Step 13: Red chili, blue band
Colour the chili rings red and the band under the rim blue. Leave the bowl white.
Step 14: Brown beef, wood chopsticks
Colour the beef brown and the chopsticks wood brown. Your pho is ready!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: pho, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
