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How to Draw a Topiary
Draw a topiary 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 pot.
Step 1: The pot
Draw a wide flat box low down. From under its left end, go down leaning in, across, up to it.
Tip This is your pot.
Step 2: The big ball
Above the pot draw a big ball of leafy bumps: start at the top, go round, back to the start.
Tip Leave a small gap between the ball and the pot rim.
Step 3: The middle ball
Above it, after a small gap, draw a smaller ball of 8 bumps, from its top round to the start.
Step 4: The top ball
Above that, after another small gap, draw the smallest ball of 7 bumps, from its top round to the start.
Step 5: The stem
Draw a thin stem of 2 lines from the pot rim up to the big ball, and between each ball.
Step 6: Leaf ticks
Draw a few tiny curved leaf ticks inside each ball, at different heights, never side by side.
Step 7: The table
Draw a long straight line along the bottom of the pot, from well left to well right, for the table.
Step 8: Green balls
Go over your lines, then colour all 3 balls leaf green, right out to the bumps.
Step 9: Ginger pot
Colour the pot and its rim ginger brown.
Step 10: Brown stem
Colour the 3 bits of stem dark brown. Your topiary is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a topiary, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
