Objects & Places

A house, a football, a ribbon bow, a campfire, a teddy bear and a guitar — the things around you, six steps each.

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  How to draw a house

  Six frames, one detached house with a garden. The walls and roofline first, then the windows, the door, the fence and the tiles.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.

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  How to draw a football

  Six frames, one football above the grass. The panels first, then the outline that closes round them, then the grass.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.

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  How to draw a bow

  Six frames, one tied ribbon bow. The hanging tails first, then the loops, the knot and the folds.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.

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  How to draw fire

  Six frames, one campfire. The main flame first, then the logs, the smaller flames and the sparks.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.

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  How to draw a teddy bear

  Six frames, one teddy sitting upright. A plain head circle first, then the body with the nose and mouth — and the ears one at a time, with the eyes right at the end.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.

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  How to draw a guitar

  Six frames, one acoustic guitar standing upright. The body first, the headstock and tuning pegs second — and no strings anywhere, which is deliberate.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.

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  How to draw a heart

  Six frames, one plain symmetrical heart with a wide border and six smaller ones. The inside comes first and the outline second.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.

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  How to draw a knight

  Six frames, one suit of plate armour with the visor down. The shield and the sword come first, and the helmet almost last.

  Step sequence made by us from a single drawing: each step keeps the lines of the one before it and adds to them.