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How to Draw a Swing
Draw a swing 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 top bar.
Step 1: The top bar
A quarter of the way down draw a long flat bar across, leaving a little space at each end.
Tip Make it long, but keep both ends inside the paper.
Step 2: Left legs
From under the bar's left end draw 2 thin bars slanting apart down to the ground, like an upside-down V.
Step 3: Right legs
Do the same at the right end: 2 thin bars slanting out and down, stopping at the ground.
Step 4: Cross bars
Partway down each pair of legs draw a short thin bar from leg to leg, making a letter A.
Step 5: Two ropes
From the middle of the bar draw 2 ropes straight down, a hand apart, stopping well above the ground.
Step 6: The seat
Join the rope bottoms with a flat seat plank, a finger thick.
Step 7: The ground
Under the 4 legs draw a ground line reaching past each side. Add 3 grass blades below each seat end.
Step 8: A puffy cloud
Above the bar on the left draw a puffy cloud: 4 round bumps on top and a flat wavy bottom.
Step 9: The sun
In the top right, above the bar, draw a small round sun with 8 short rays around it.
Step 10: White cloud, yellow sun
Colour the sun yellow and the cloud white.
Step 11: Wooden frame
Colour the top bar and the seat wood brown.
Step 12: Slate legs
Go over your lines, then colour the four legs and the cross bars slate grey. Your swing is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a swing, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
