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How to Draw a Safe
Draw a safe 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: the steel box.
Step 1: The steel box
In the middle of your paper draw a big box with rounded corners, as big as your hand.
Step 2: The door
Inside the box draw a second box a finger in from every side. That is the heavy door.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
High on the door draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a white shine.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile from eye to eye. Add a small oval cheek beside each end.
Step 5: The dial
Low on the left of the door draw a coin-sized circle for the dial, with a small knob circle inside.
Step 6: Dial ticks
Inside the dial draw 4 short lines at the top, bottom, left and right, like a clock.
Step 7: The handle
Right of the dial draw a tall thin pill for the handle, with a small circle on its middle.
Step 8: Hinges and feet
On the left side draw 2 little rounded hinge tabs, high and low. Add 2 flat feet under the box.
Step 9: Ground and shadow
Draw a flat oval shadow under the feet, and a ground line out from each side to near the edge.
Step 10: Coin pile
On the ground beside the safe draw 3 little coins in a pile, 2 below and 1 on top.
Step 11: Sparkles
Draw 3 little 4-point sparkles in the air around the safe, not touching it.
Step 12: Gold and pink
Colour the dial knob, handle and coins yellow, and the cheeks pink. Leave the dial ring white.
Step 13: Light grey door
Colour the door light grey around the face, dial and handle, and the shadow grey. Leave the eyes white.
Step 14: Dark grey box
Colour the box, hinges and feet dark grey around the door. Your safe is locked up tight!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a safe, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
