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How to Draw Tabbouleh
Draw tabbouleh 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: a big plate.
Step 1: A big plate
In the middle draw a big oval plate, nearly as wide as the paper, and a smaller oval inside it.
Step 2: A heaped mound
Inside the rim draw a big round heap of salad with a soft bumpy edge, leaving plate showing all round.
Step 3: Chopped parsley
Over the mound draw 5 tiny curved dashes, leaning different ways and spread apart, for chopped parsley.
Step 4: Tomato bits
On the mound, between the dashes, draw 5 little squares, each tilted a different way, for chopped tomato.
Step 5: A mint leaf
Upper left on the mound draw one little pointed leaf leaning up right, with a vein up its middle.
Step 6: A lemon wedge
Front right, draw a lemon wedge: a half round, flat side down, with a curve and 3 segment lines inside.
Step 7: Bulgur grains
Scatter 4 tiny tilted ovals over the mound for bulgur grains, away from the tomatoes, dashes and leaf.
Step 8: The table
Draw a line under the plate from left to right, just touching its bottom.
Step 9: Cream grains, yellow lemon
Go over your lines, then colour the grains cream and the lemon wedge yellow.
Step 10: Red tomatoes, dark mint
Colour the tomato bits red and the mint leaf dark green.
Step 11: Green salad
Colour the mound green, going around the tomato bits, grains, mint leaf and lemon.
Step 12: Sky plate
Colour the plate sky blue, going around the salad and the lemon, and your tabbouleh is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: tabbouleh, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
