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How to Draw Stacking Rings
Draw stacking rings 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 ball on top.
Step 1: The ball on top
Near the top, in the middle, draw a round ball about as big as a plum.
Tip We start at the top and stack the rings down from it.
Step 2: 2 big eyes
On the ball draw 2 round eyes side by side, each with a big black dot and a white shine.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a small smile. Draw a little sideways oval cheek beside each end.
Step 4: Peg and smallest ring
Under the ball draw a short peg box. Under that draw a fat sausage, a little wider than the ball.
Tip The peg runs down through every ring; you only see the tip.
Step 5: 2 more rings
Under it draw 2 more sausages, each a little longer than the one above, lined up in the middle.
Step 6: 2 big rings
Stack 2 more sausages under those, each one longer again.
Step 7: The base
Under the biggest ring draw a wide low dome like an upside-down bowl, a little wider than the ring.
Tip The round base stops the tower tipping over.
Step 8: Ground, shadow and sparkles
Draw a ground line under the base, a flat oval shadow, and 4 sparkle stars around the tower.
Step 9: Yellow ball, pink cheeks
Colour the ball, the middle ring and the sparkles yellow, around the eyes and cheeks. Colour the cheeks pink.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Step 10: Orange and green rings
Colour the ring under the yellow one orange and the ring above it green.
Step 11: Red and blue rings
Colour the bottom ring red and the top ring blue.
Step 12: Purple base, grey shadow
Colour the peg and the base purple and the shadow grey. Your stacking rings are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: stacking rings, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
