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How to Draw a Skyscraper
Draw a skyscraper in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 tall block.
Step 1: The tall block
In the middle of your paper draw a very tall thin block with a flat top.
Tip Make it more than 3 times taller than it is wide.
Step 2: Cap and antenna
On top draw a smaller box, starting and stopping on the top line. Add an antenna up to a ball.
Step 3: The front doors
At the bottom middle draw a wide door on the bottom line. Split it down the middle for 2 doors.
Step 4: Window rows
Draw 4 rows of 2 square windows down the top half of the block, evenly spaced, like a grid.
Step 5: More windows
Draw 3 more rows of 2 square windows under them, stopping above the doors.
Step 6: Ground line
Draw a long ground line along the bottom of the block, from near the left edge to near the right.
Step 7: Side wings
From halfway down each side, draw a low building out and down to the ground. Make the left one lower.
Step 8: Wing windows
Draw 2 rows of 2 square windows on the right wing and one row of 2 on the left wing.
Step 9: Tree and cloud
On the left, draw a trunk from the ground up to a bumpy tree top. Add a cloud top right.
Step 10: Sky windows, green tree
Colour the tall block's windows sky blue and the tree top leaf green. Leave the cloud white.
Step 11: Grey wings
Colour the wing windows sky blue too. Colour the 2 wings grey around them.
Step 12: Slate tower, brown trunk
Colour the trunk brown, and the block, cap and doors slate grey around the windows. Your skyscraper is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a skyscraper, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
