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How to Draw the Solar System
Draw the solar system 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 round sun.
Step 1: The round sun
In the middle of your paper draw a small round sun, about as big as a golf ball.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Just below the middle of the circle draw 2 big eggy eyes. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 3: A big smile
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile from one eye to the other, with the ends turning up.
Step 4: Eight pointy rays
Start on the circle. Draw a pointy ray up and back down to the circle. Do 8 all round.
Step 5: First orbit ring
Round the sun draw a big circle, a finger past the ray tips. This is the first orbit ring.
Tip Go slowly. It does not have to be perfect.
Step 6: Two more rings
Draw 2 more circles outside the first, each a couple of fingers further out. Stay inside the paper edges.
Step 7: Two planets
Draw a small planet on the inside ring, up right, and a bigger one with land on the middle ring.
Step 8: A ringed planet
On the outside ring, down right, draw one more planet. Draw a tilted oval ring round its middle.
Step 9: Corner stars
Draw a little 5-point star near each corner of your paper, a finger in from the edges.
Step 10: Rosy cheeks
Colour 2 little pink cheeks under the eyes. Colour the 4 stars yellow.
Step 11: Yellow sun
Colour the sun yellow, around the eyes, smile and cheeks. Colour the 8 rays orange. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Blue Earth, green land
Colour the land blob green and the bigger planet blue around it.
Step 13: Red Mars
Colour the small planet red and the ringed planet orange. Your solar system is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: the solar system, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
