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How to Draw a Yurt
Draw a yurt 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 round walls.
Step 1: The round walls
Start on the left, below the middle. Draw a wide U with a curved bottom. Stop level with the start.
Tip Leave the top open for the roof.
Step 2: The low roof
On top of the walls draw a wide, low pointy roof like a flat cone. It pokes past the walls.
Step 3: The crown
On the very top draw a little cup shape with a rounded top for the crown.
Step 4: Roof ribs
Draw 4 lines down the roof, from under the crown to just above the bottom edge, spread like a fan.
Step 5: The door
Start and stop on the bottom line. Draw a rounded door, a bigger arch round it and a knob.
Tip Leave a thin gap between the door and its arch.
Step 6: Two bands
Draw 2 gently curving lines across the walls, 1 high and 1 low, edge to edge. Skip the door.
Step 7: Criss-cross
Between the bands, on each side of the door, draw 3 lines slanting one way and 3 the other way.
Step 8: The ground
Draw the ground line from each bottom corner out to the edge of the paper, with a few grass blades.
Step 9: The sun
Near the top right, draw a small round sun with 8 short rays.
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: Cream walls, yellow sun
Colour the walls cream, going round the door, and the sun yellow.
Step 12: Tan roof, red door
Colour the roof and crown tan and the door red. Go over your lines and your yurt is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a yurt, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
