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How to Draw the Planets in Order
Draw the planets in order 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: the sun.
Step 1: The sun
On the left, halfway down, draw a round sun as big as a plum, with 8 short rays round it.
Step 2: A sunny face
On the sun draw 2 egg eyes with small black dots and shines, and a small U smile under them.
Step 3: The four small planets
Right of the rays draw 4 small planets in a wave: tiny Mercury high, Venus low, Earth high, Mars low.
Tip Up, down, up, down: the wave lets all 8 planets fit on the page.
Step 4: Big Jupiter
Next in line, above the middle, draw the biggest planet of all, Jupiter: a circle as big as a plum.
Step 5: Saturn and its ring
Lower right, draw round Saturn. From its left, draw a wide flat ring across the front, stopping at each edge.
Tip Saturn is a little smaller than Jupiter. The ring goes behind too.
Step 6: Uranus and Neptune
Far right, draw Uranus high, Neptune low. Give Uranus a tall ring crossing in front, from top down to bottom.
Step 7: Planet markings
Add 2 bands and a spot on Jupiter, and a curvy line on Venus and Neptune.
Step 8: Stars and sparkles
In the empty sky draw 2 fat 5-point stars, top and bottom, and 2 little 4-point sparkles.
Step 9: Saturn's sandy ring
Colour Saturn's ring sand yellow, the front part and the back part.
Step 10: Grey Mercury, tan Venus
Colour tiny Mercury grey and Venus tan.
Step 11: Yellow sun, orange giants
Colour the sun, stars and sparkles yellow, Jupiter orange, and Saturn orange around its ring. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Teal Uranus, green lands
Colour Uranus teal, and colour 2 wiggly green lands on Earth, away from its edge.
Step 13: Blue Earth, red Mars
Colour Earth blue around the green lands, Neptune blue and Mars red. Your planets are all in order!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: the planets in order, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
