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How to Draw Rhubarb
Draw rhubarb in 10 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 middle stalk.
Step 1: The middle stalk
In the middle draw one long stalk standing up, wide at the ground and thinner at the top.
Tip Rhubarb stalks are long and red; the leaves on top are enormous.
Step 2: Two more stalks
From behind its bottom draw a shorter stalk curving out to the left, and a medium one curving out right.
Step 3: The middle leaf
Over the top of the middle stalk draw a huge wavy leaf, with both sides drooping down past the stalk.
Step 4: Two side leaves
Over the left stalk draw a smaller wavy leaf behind the middle one, and a medium one on the right.
Step 5: Middle leaf veins
From the middle stalk draw a vein up its leaf, stopping near the top, with a shorter vein each side.
Step 6: Side leaf veins
Do the same on the side leaves: a vein up from the stalk, plus one shorter side vein.
Step 7: Stalk ridges
Up the middle of each stalk, draw a thin line from near the bottom to about halfway up.
Step 8: The ground
Draw the ground line from edge to edge, just touching the bottom of the stalks, lifting your pencil across them.
Step 9: Red stalks
Go over your lines, then colour the three stalks red.
Step 10: Green leaves
Colour the three big leaves green, and your rhubarb is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: rhubarb, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
