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How to Draw a Watchtower
Draw a watchtower in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 platform.
Step 1: The platform
A little above the middle of your paper draw a long flat box, like a plank lying across.
Step 2: Two long legs
Start under the platform, in from each end. Draw a long leg slanting out; stop low, like a letter A.
Step 3: The lookout cabin
Start on the platform, in from the left. Draw up, across, and down to the platform. Add a wide window.
Step 4: The pointed roof
On top of the cabin draw a wide triangle roof that sticks out past the cabin on both sides.
Step 5: The railing
At each platform end draw 2 short posts. Start a rail on the cabin; stop on the outer post.
Step 6: The ladder
Down the middle draw a ladder: 2 lines from the platform down to where the legs stop, with 7 rungs.
Step 7: Cross braces
Draw 2 flat bars from each leg to the ladder. Add an X under each bar, stopping at the ladder.
Step 8: Flag and ground
From the roof's point draw a short pole up to a triangle flag. Draw the ground line under the legs.
Step 9: The sun
Draw a round sun with 8 short rays in the top right.
Step 10: A cloud
Draw a puffy cloud in the top left: a row of bumps on top and 2 flatter bumps underneath.
Step 11: Yellow sun, sky window
Colour the sun yellow and the window sky blue.
Step 12: Wooden cabin
Colour the cabin and the platform wood brown, going around the window.
Step 13: Brown roof, red flag
Colour the roof brown and the flag red. Go over your lines and your watchtower is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a watchtower, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
