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How to Draw a Pipe
Draw a pipe in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 pipe's top.
Step 1: The pipe's top
Start at the left, above the middle. Draw a line across, bend smoothly, and go down, stopping below the middle.
Tip The bend is a soft curve, not a sharp corner.
Step 2: The inside line
Start a thumb lower. Draw a second line across and down with a smaller bend, ending level with the first.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the down arm, under the bend, draw 2 egg eyes side by side. Colour a black dot in each.
Tip Keep a gap between the eyes and the pipe's lines.
Step 4: The smile
Under the eyes draw a small U smile from eye to eye.
Step 5: Two end plates
At each end draw a rounded bar closing the pipe, a little bigger than the pipe is thick.
Step 6: Bolts
On each end plate draw 2 small black dots for bolts, one near each end.
Step 7: The joint collar
Across the top arm, before the bend, draw a tall thin rounded bar a little taller than the pipe.
Step 8: The wall
Start high above the left plate. Draw a straight wall line down its left side, stopping well below it.
Step 9: A water drip
Under the bottom plate, in the middle, draw a little water drop with its point up.
Step 10: Sparkles
Draw 3 small sparkles in the space around the pipe, not touching it.
Step 11: Blue drip, yellow sparkles
Go over your lines, then colour the drip water blue and the sparkles yellow.
Step 12: Grey pipe, slate plates
Colour the pipe grey around the face, and the plates and collar slate around the bolts. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pipe, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
