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How to Draw a Vase
Draw a vase 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 rim.
Step 1: The rim
A little above the middle draw a small flat oval for the top of the vase, 2 fingers wide.
Step 2: The vase
Start at the oval's left end. Go down the neck, belly and flat foot, and up to its right end.
Tip A neck, a big belly and a little flared foot, the same both sides.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the belly, just above its widest part, draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile from eye to eye. Draw a small flat cheek beside each end.
Step 5: A stem
Start in the middle of the opening. Draw a stem up, leaning right. Stop 1 finger above the rim.
Step 6: The flower
Above the stem draw a round middle the size of a coin, with 6 fat teardrop petals round it.
Step 7: A leaf
Near the bottom of the stem draw 1 fat teardrop leaf leaning out to the left.
Step 8: A zigzag band
A little under the face draw a gentle curve from side to side. Add a zigzag under it.
Step 9: The table
Draw a long table line under the foot, from left to right.
Step 10: Cream band, pink cheeks
Colour the band between the curve and the zigzag cream, and the cheeks pink.
Step 11: Yellow flower, green leaf
Colour the middle of the flower yellow and the leaf green. Leave the petals white.
Step 12: Blue vase
Go over your lines, then colour the vase blue around the face, above the band and below the zigzag.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a vase, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
