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How to Draw Stalagmites and Stalactites
Draw stalagmites and stalactites in 11 easy steps, about 8 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: inside the cave.
Step 1: Inside the cave
Draw a big bumpy arch for the inside of the cave. Start low on the left, stop on the right.
Tip Make the roof wobble up and down a little.
Step 2: The floor
Start left of the arch. Draw a straight line for the floor and stop past the other side.
Step 3: Rock all round
Start on the floor left of the arch. Draw a lumpy rock over it and stop on the floor.
Step 4: Long stalactites
From the roof, hang 2 long pointed cones. They start and stop on the roof.
Tip Stalactites hang down. They hold on tight to the ceiling.
Step 5: Short stalactites
On the right, hang 2 shorter pointed cones. They start and stop on the roof too.
Step 6: Stalagmites
On the floor, draw 4 fat cones standing up. Each one starts and stops on the floor.
Tip Stalagmites stand up from the ground. Put one right under the longest stalactite.
Step 7: A joined column
Between the 2 long stalactites, draw a column from the roof down to the floor, thin in the middle.
Tip A column is a stalactite and a stalagmite that grew together.
Step 8: A falling drip
Between the 2 tips that nearly meet, draw a small water drop with a pointed top.
Tip Each drip leaves a tiny bit of rock behind.
Step 9: Rock rings
Draw a short curved line across each big rock, from side to side, like a ring.
Step 10: Blue drip, tan rock
Colour the drip blue. Colour the rock, the stalactites, the stalagmites and the column tan.
Step 11: Dark cave
Colour the inside of the cave dark blue, around the rocks and the drip. Go over your lines!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: stalagmites and stalactites, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
