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How to Draw a Zoo
Draw a zoo 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: two pillars.
Step 1: Two pillars
Near the bottom of your paper draw 2 tall thin rectangles, one left, one right, a wide gap between.
Tip Same height and width, with room between for the gate.
Step 2: Caps and balls
On top of each pillar draw a flat cap sticking out both sides. Draw a ball sitting on each cap.
Step 3: Sign board
Start on the left cap. Curve up and over in a big rainbow, down to the right cap.
Step 4: Write ZOO
Write ZOO big in the middle of the sign, a Z and then 2 tall ovals.
Tip Make the letters big and the same height.
Step 5: Paw prints
High on each pillar draw a paw print, one round pad with 4 small toes above it.
Step 6: Gate top
Start a third of the way down the left pillar. Draw a low rainbow, stopping on the right pillar.
Step 7: The bars
From the gate top draw 5 straight bars down to the pillar bottoms, one in the middle, 2 each side.
Step 8: One rail
Start on the left pillar, just below the middle. Draw 1 straight line across the bars to the right pillar.
Step 9: The ground
Start at the left edge. Draw one straight ground line along the pillar bottoms to the right edge.
Step 10: Two bushes
Leave a gap outside each pillar and draw a small bumpy bush, starting and ending on the ground.
Step 11: Yellow sign and paws
Go over your lines, then colour the sign, the 2 balls and the paw prints yellow, leaving the letters black.
Step 12: Stone pillars
Colour the pillars stone, going around the yellow paw prints.
Step 13: Green bushes, grey caps
Colour the bushes leaf green and the caps slate grey. Welcome to the zoo!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a zoo, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
