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How to Draw a Torus
Draw a torus 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: a big oval.
Step 1: A big oval
Draw a big, wide oval, like an egg lying on its side. Make both ends fat and round.
Tip A torus is the maths name for a ring doughnut shape.
Step 2: The hole
Start left of the middle. Draw a wide smile and stop on the right. Close it with a low rainbow.
Tip The hole sits a little above the middle. It looks like a lemon because you see the ring from the side.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the ring's front, under the hole, draw 2 BIG egg eyes. Add a black dot with a shine.
Step 4: A big smile
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile from eye to eye, ends turning up.
Step 5: Rosy cheeks
Beside each end of the smile, leaving a small gap, draw a small sideways oval cheek.
Step 6: A shine
Inside the oval's top left, draw a short curve that follows the edge. Add a tiny circle past it.
Tip The shine makes the ring look round and smooth.
Step 7: Sparkles
Draw 2 sparkle stars on the left and 2 on the right, a big one above a small one.
Step 8: Shadow and floor
Draw a flat oval shadow peeking out under the ring. Add a floor line out from each side of it.
Tip The torus lies flat on the floor, like a ring on a table.
Step 9: Yellow sparkles, pink cheeks
Colour the 4 sparkles yellow and the 2 cheeks pink.
Step 10: Grey shadow and hole
Colour the shadow under the ring grey. Colour the hole grey too.
Tip Through the hole you see the floor in the ring's shadow.
Step 11: Teal torus
Colour the whole ring teal, around the hole, the eyes and the cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a torus, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
