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How to Draw a Watercolor Set
Draw a watercolor set 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 open lid.
Step 1: The open lid
Near the top, draw a wide box with rounded corners, twice as wide as tall. This is the open lid.
Tip A paint tin opens like a book: the lid stands up at the back.
Step 2: Two big eyes
On the lid, draw 2 big round eyes side by side, each with a black dot and a white shine.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes, draw a wide smile, and a small oval cheek on each side.
Step 4: Tray and ground
Under the lid, touching it, draw a box as wide but taller. Add a ground line along its bottom.
Step 5: Top row of paints
Inside the tray, draw 3 round paint pans in a row near the top, each about a thumb wide.
Step 6: Bottom row of paints
Under them, draw 3 more round pans, lined up under the first row.
Step 7: The brush handle
On the ground line, draw a long thin handle lying down. Start left of the tray, stop near the middle.
Step 8: Band and bristles
At the end of the handle, draw a small box for the band, then a pointy bristle tip.
Step 9: Sparkles
Draw 4 small sparkle stars around the tin, 2 beside the lid and 2 beside the tray.
Step 10: Yellow and pink
Colour the top right pan and the sparkles yellow. Colour the bottom right pan and the cheeks pink.
Step 11: Orange and red
Colour the top middle pan orange and the top left pan red.
Step 12: Green and blue
Colour the bottom left pan green and the bottom middle pan blue.
Step 13: Grey tin, wooden brush
Colour the brush: wood handle, grey band, black tip. Colour the tin grey around the pans, face and brush.
Tip Keep the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a watercolor set, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
