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How to Draw a Sugar Cane Stalk
Draw a sugar cane stalk in 10 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: the tall stalk.
Step 1: The tall stalk
Left of the middle draw a tall stalk: 2 close lines from low on your paper up to near the top.
Tip Sugar cane is a giant grass like bamboo. The sweet juice is inside.
Step 2: Tall stalk leaves
Draw 3 thin leaves up from the tall stalk's top, then 1 long drooping leaf off each side lower down.
Step 3: A shorter stalk
To the right draw a thinner stalk leaning right: 2 lines from low on your paper up to the middle.
Step 4: More leaves
Draw 3 thin leaves up from the shorter stalk's top, then 1 long leaf drooping off its right side.
Step 5: Joints
Across the tall stalk draw 5 short curved ring lines from edge to edge, closer together near the top.
Step 6: More joints
Draw 4 ring lines across the shorter stalk the same way.
Step 7: Ground and grass
Draw the ground line from edge to edge through both stalk bottoms, and flick grass blades up beside them.
Step 8: Pale joints
Go over your lines, then with a tan crayon colour a thin band at each joint.
Step 9: Green leaves
Colour all the leaves green.
Step 10: Purple stalks
Colour both stalks purple, going around the pale bands, and your sugar cane is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sugar cane stalk, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
