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How to Draw a Basket
Draw a basket 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 rim.
Step 1: The rim
In the middle of your paper draw a very wide flat oval. Add a smaller oval inside for the rim.
Step 2: The basket
From each end of the oval draw a line a hand down, leaning in. Join them with a wide smile.
Tip A tub, a bit narrower at the bottom.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the front of the basket draw 2 big egg eyes close together. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 4: The handle
From the rim's left end draw a tall rainbow over to its right end. Add a smaller one inside it.
Step 5: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile. Add a small flat cheek beside each end of the smile.
Step 6: Braid and ribs
Under the rim draw a shallow smile side to side. From it, draw a long line down past each cheek.
Step 7: Zigzag weave
Under the cheeks draw a zigzag of little mountains side to side, through the ends of both long lines.
Step 8: Ground and shadow
Draw a ground line where the basket sits, well left to well right. Add a flat oval shadow on it.
Step 9: Pink cheeks
Go over your lines, then colour the cheeks pink. Leave the eyes white.
Step 10: Tan basket
Colour the handle, the thin rim ring and the middle of the basket tan, around the eyes and cheeks.
Step 11: Wood weave, grey shadow
Colour the braid, the bottom below the zigzag and the rim's inside wood brown. Colour the shadow grey.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a basket, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
