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How to Draw a Recliner
Draw a recliner 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 arm.
Step 1: The arm
In the middle of your paper draw a long sausage lying flat. This is the padded arm.
Tip Leave lots of room on the left for the back and on the right for the footrest.
Step 2: The side
Start under the arm's left end. Draw down, across and back up. Stop under the arm's right end.
Step 3: The leaning back
Start on top of the arm. Draw a long fat cushion leaning back to the left. Stop on the side.
Tip A recliner's back tips right back so you can lie down.
Step 4: Head pillow
On the front of the back, near the top, draw a small puffy pillow leaning the same way.
Step 5: The footrest
Out to the right, a little below the arm, draw a long flat pad that tips up slightly.
Step 6: The bar
Start low on the right side of the chair. Draw 2 close lines slanting up. Stop under the footrest.
Step 7: The base
Under the side draw a thin flat band, a little wider than the side.
Step 8: Two feet
Under the base draw 2 short square feet, one near each end.
Step 9: The handle
On the side of the chair, near the front, draw a small slanted handle like a sausage.
Step 10: The floor
Draw a floor line under the feet. Start past the back and stop past the footrest.
Step 11: Cream cushions
Go over your lines, then colour the head pillow and the footrest cream.
Step 12: Wood and grey
Colour the feet and the handle wood brown and the bar grey.
Step 13: Red recliner
Colour the back, the arm, the side and the base red, around the handle. Your recliner is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a recliner, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
