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Drawing a boat

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This sheet explains in 4 steps how to draw a lovely boat sailing on the water! With this simple and fun method of learning to draw, children will become real artists!

To make this boat, you can use "C" Grain®Mi-Teintes® or Vivaldi® paper.

Step 1

Start by building up the mast and hull of boat in pencil.

Step 2

Using the same building method, add the sails and flag.

Erase the unnecessary lines which are indicated by dotted lines.

Step 3

Fine-tune the boat's shape: add curves for the sails, thicken the mast, and add detail to the hull and flag, Erase the unnecessary lines which are indicated by dotted lines.

Step 4

Add the sea in the form of waves.

Step 5

Colour in any way you want.

To make the scene more realistic, you can add birds in the sky for example!

Tip

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