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How to Draw Risotto
Draw risotto 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 rim.
Step 1: The rim
Above the middle draw a very wide oval for the top of a shallow bowl, wider than your hand.
Step 2: The bowl
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw a shallow U down and round, stopping at the right end.
Step 3: The foot
Under the bowl draw a short stand. Start on the bottom left, go down and across, stop on the right.
Step 4: The rice
Inside the rim draw a second oval a finger inside it, all the way round, for the creamy rice.
Step 5: Mushroom slices
On the rice draw 2 mushroom slices, each a dome on a short stem, big top left, small lower right.
Tip Risotto is creamy rice stirred slowly with stock.
Step 6: Cheese shavings
Draw 2 flat tilted cheese strips on the rice, one low on the left, one on the right.
Step 7: Parsley
Right of the middle draw a short parsley stem with 3 big round leaves at the top, on open rice.
Step 8: Rice grains
Draw 6 tiny thin rice grains on the open rice, between the toppings.
Step 9: Steam
Above the bowl draw 2 wiggly steam lines going up, starting a little above the rim.
Step 10: Bowl stripe
Start on the left side of the bowl under the rim. Draw a bowed stripe round to the right side.
Step 11: The table
Draw a long straight table line just touching the bottom of the foot, from left to right.
Step 12: Cream rice, brown mushrooms
Go over your lines, then colour the rice and rim cream around the toppings, and the mushrooms brown.
Step 13: Green parsley, navy band
Colour the parsley green and the band under the rim navy, leaving the cheese and the bowl white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: risotto, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
