Learn how to draw a great looking Barrel with easy drawing instructions and video tutorial.
By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Barrel.
Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing a Barrel
How to Draw a Great Looking Barrel for Kids and Beginners - Step 1
1. Begin the barrel outline by drawing two long curved lines. Connect them with a slightly shorter curved line. These form the sides and bottom of the barrel.
Drawing Step 2
2. Connect the lines at the top by drawing an oval between them. Draw another oval inside the first. Then, band the top of the barrel with a curved line, indicating the lid.
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Drawing Step 3
3. Band the barrel with three more lines, forming the bands that hold the barrel together.
Drawing Step 4
4. Draw two more horizontal curved lines, completing the band and the bottom of the barrel. Then begin drawing vertical curved lines that pass behind the bands.
Drawing Step 5
5. Finish drawing curved lines around the barrel. These are the slats of wood that the barrel is made from.
Drawing Step 6
6. Draw straight lines across the top of the barrel - parallel lines across the lid and diagonal ones along the rim.
Drawing Step 7
7. Finish drawing lines across the top of the barrel, then draw circular rivets around its edges.
Add More Details to Your Barrel Picture - Step 8
8. Draw round rivets along the bands that hold the barrel together.
Complete the Outline of Your Barrel Drawing - Step 9
9. Continue drawing the circular rivets around the barrel's band and base.
Color Your Barrel Drawing
Your barrel outline is now complete. Color your drawing. Wooden barrels are brown in color with metallic or black bands.
If you plan to draw a barrel of monkeys, consider using bright colors like red or blue for the plastic toy barrel.
Watch 'How to Draw a Barrel' Video Tutorial
Learn More About The Barrel Drawing
You'll have more fun than a barrel of monkeys - and you'll be able to draw one, too - when you learn how to draw a barrel. This easy, step-by-step object drawing tutorial will show you how.
Barrels are large containers traditionally made out of wooden slats held together by bands of metal. They've been used to hold things like food and drink, as well as other objects.
A barrel like this one is part of the Cracker Barrel restaurant logo. The barrel represents country living, as they were used to deliver items to country stores. Crackers and other foodstuffs were stored in and sold from the barrels.
Barrel of Monkeys is a common children's game. The plastic barrel is filled with plastic monkeys whose arms, legs, and tails can be linked together.
Players dexterously link the monkeys together, and whoever creates the longest chain wins. You can use this monkey drawing to create a Barrel of Monkeys game of your own.
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