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How to Draw a Trefoil
Draw a trefoil 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: a light triangle.
Step 1: A light triangle
In the middle of your paper, lightly draw a triangle that points down, about as wide as your hand.
Tip Press softly. A trefoil has 3 round loops, one on each side of the triangle.
Step 2: Three round loops
Start on a corner. Draw a big round loop out and stop on the next corner. Do all 3 sides.
Tip Make every loop the same size, a little wider than the side of the triangle.
Step 3: Two big eyes
Rub out the triangle. In the middle draw 2 big egg eyes with black dots and shines.
Tip Leave a tiny white dot in each black dot. That is the shine.
Step 4: Big smile
Leave a gap under the eyes, then draw a wide U smile from under one eye to the other.
Step 5: Rosy cheeks
Under the outside of each eye, clear of the smile, draw a small sideways oval for a cheek.
Step 6: Sparkles
Draw 2 sparkle stars on each side of the trefoil, one high and one low.
Tip A sparkle star has 4 points: up, down, left and right.
Step 7: The floor
Under the trefoil, draw a long floor line from far left to far right, just touching the 2 bottom loops.
Step 8: Pink cheeks
Colour the 2 cheeks rosy pink.
Step 9: Yellow sparkles
Colour the 4 sparkles yellow.
Step 10: Green trefoil
Go over your lines and colour the trefoil green, around the pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white. You're done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a trefoil, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
