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How to Draw a Space Telescope
Draw a space telescope 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 tube.
Step 1: The tube
Across the middle draw a long fat tube tipped up to the right, with a flat end at each end.
Tip Tip it like a telescope looking up at the stars.
Step 2: Opening and end cap
On the top end draw an oval rim with a smaller opening inside. On the bottom draw an oval cap.
Step 3: A friendly face
On the tube below its middle draw 2 big round eyes with a dot and shine, a smile, 2 cheeks.
Step 4: A stripe band
Near the open end draw 2 curved lines close together, from one long side across to the other.
Step 5: Beams and solar wings
From the middle of each long side draw a short thick beam, with a big rectangle wing on the end.
Step 6: Wing squares
Draw a line along the middle of each wing and 2 lines across it, to split each wing into squares.
Step 7: A little dish
From the cap draw an arm out to a bowl dish with a flat rim, a spike and a ball.
Step 8: The star it watches
Where the tube points, up right of the opening, draw a big sparkle star. Add 2 small stars.
Step 9: White tube, yellow stars
Leave the tube and the eyes white. Colour the stars yellow.
Step 10: Pink cheeks, grey parts
Colour the cheeks pink. Colour the beams, the end cap and the dish grey.
Step 11: Red band
Colour the stripe band red.
Step 12: Slate rim, navy wings
Colour the rim slate, then the solar wings and the opening navy. Go over your lines and you're done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a space telescope, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
