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How to Draw a Rainforest
Draw a rainforest 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: two leafy tops.
Step 1: Two leafy tops
Near the top draw 2 big bumpy clouds of leaves side by side. Tuck the right one behind the left.
Step 2: Two thick trunks
Draw a ground line. From under each cloud draw a thick trunk down to it, spreading into roots.
Tip Rainforest trees are giants: tall trunks with wide roots.
Step 3: A thick branch
Start on the left trunk. Draw a thick branch out to the right with a round end, and back.
Step 4: Toucan body
Sitting on the branch, draw a tall egg body. Add a long tail hanging down behind the branch.
Step 5: Huge beak
From the front of the head draw a huge banana beak pointing right. Add a line near the tip.
Tip The beak is nearly as long as the body!
Step 6: Eye and bib
Behind the beak draw a big eye with a black dot. Draw a curve from the beak to the chest.
Step 7: Gripping toes
Under the tummy draw 2 fat toes curling over the front of the branch.
Step 8: Big leaves
Between the trunks, on the ground, draw 3 big pointed leaves fanning out. Add a vein in each.
Step 9: Hanging vines
Outside each trunk, start under the cloud and draw a wiggly vine hanging down, ending in a little curl.
Step 10: Raindrops
Draw 3 little raindrops in the air, pointy on top and round at the bottom. It is a RAIN forest.
Step 11: Yellow and orange
Colour the bib yellow and the beak orange, up to the tip line.
Step 12: Blue and green
Colour the raindrops blue. Colour the leafy tops and the big leaves green.
Step 13: Brown wood
Colour the trunks and the branch brown.
Step 14: Black toucan
Colour the toucan, its toes and the beak tip black, around the yellow bib. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a rainforest, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
