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How to Draw a Rooftop Garden
Draw a rooftop garden 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 building.
Step 1: The building
Draw a wide box on a ground line from left across to right. Add a flat ledge on top.
Tip A rooftop garden is a little park on top of a building.
Step 2: Windows
On the building draw a row of 4 square windows, evenly spaced.
Step 3: The railing
Draw 4 upright posts on the ledge. Start at the left post, draw a rail across, stop at the right.
Step 4: A planter
On the left end of the ledge draw a long box planter standing on it.
Step 5: Leaves
From the top of the planter draw 3 tall pointy leaves, the middle one tallest.
Step 6: A bench
In the middle draw a bench: a seat plank on 2 short legs, with a back plank on 2 posts.
Step 7: A pot
On the right end of the ledge draw a big pot, a little wider at the top than the bottom.
Step 8: A tree
From the pot draw a tree: a trunk going up, with a big soft round bumpy top.
Step 9: Sun and birds
Draw a sun with short rays in the top left corner and 2 little flying birds in the sky.
Step 10: Yellow sun, sky windows
Colour the sun yellow and the 4 windows sky blue.
Step 11: Stone ledge, tan trunk
Colour the ledge stone and the tree trunk tan.
Step 12: Grey building, orange pots
Colour the building grey around the windows, and the planter and the pot orange.
Step 13: Green leaves, wooden bench
Colour the leaves and tree top green, and the bench wood brown. Go over your lines, and you're done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a rooftop garden, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
