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How to Draw Takoyaki
Draw takoyaki 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 tray.
Step 1: The tray
A little below the middle, draw a long flat oval, wider than your hand, for the tray top.
Step 2: Its sides
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw a low U down and round, up to the right end.
Tip Low and wide, like a little boat.
Step 3: Three balls
In the tray, draw 3 round balls in a row, as big as plums, the middle one a little higher.
Step 4: Sauce caps
On each ball, draw a soft wavy line from edge to edge, across the middle, for the sauce.
Step 5: Mayo
On each sauce cap, draw a thin wavy band from edge to edge for the mayo, like a ribbon.
Step 6: Flakes
Above the mayo on each ball, draw 1 tiny curl like a little comma for a fish flake.
Step 7: Seaweed and pick
Draw a tiny seaweed circle under each mayo band. Add a thin pick poking up from the right ball.
Step 8: A stripe and steam
Draw a bowed stripe round the tray under the rim, from left to right. Add 2 wiggly steam lines above.
Step 9: The table
Draw a long line under the tray, just touching its bottom.
Step 10: Tan balls, green dots
Colour the balls tan under the sauce, and the seaweed dots green.
Step 11: Brown sauce, wood pick
Colour the sauce brown around the green dots, leaving the mayo white. Colour the pick wood brown.
Step 12: Red stripe, white tray
Colour the band between the stripe and the rim red and leave the rest of the tray white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: takoyaki, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
