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How to Draw a Sunset Over Water
Draw a sunset over water 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: water line.
Step 1: Water line
Start at the left edge, just below the middle. Draw a long straight line and stop at the right edge.
Step 2: Setting sun
Start on the line, left of the middle. Draw a big rainbow for the sun and stop on the line.
Tip Only the top half shows. The rest has sunk behind the water.
Step 3: First glow band
Just under the sun, draw a long flat oval on the water, almost as wide as the sun.
Tip This is the sun shining on the water.
Step 4: Three more bands
Under it draw 3 more flat ovals with gaps between them. Make each one shorter than the last.
Tip Together they make an upside-down sun, broken up by the waves.
Step 5: Big cloud
High on the left, draw a cloud: a flat bottom line with 3 round bumps on top.
Step 6: Two more clouds
Draw a cloud the same way high on the right, and a small one near the top.
Tip Keep every cloud clear of the sun.
Step 7: Ripples
On each side of the bands, draw 2 short wavy lines: one near the top band, one beside the last.
Tip Keep the waves gentle, like a calm evening.
Step 8: Yellow sun
Colour the sun yellow. Colour all 4 glow bands under it yellow too.
Step 9: Pink clouds
Colour the 3 clouds pink, like clouds at the end of the day.
Step 10: Orange evening
Colour all the space above the line orange, around the sun and the clouds.
Step 11: Blue water
Colour the sea blue, around the yellow bands, down to the bottom edge. Go over your lines!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sunset over water, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
