How to Draw a Flood

1. First, sketch the flooded house drawing. Use straight vertical lines to create the corners, and straight diagonal lines to sketch the waterline - the lowest point visible on each wall.

Use straight lines to outline the frame and cross bars of a window with four panes. Then, draw curved lines near the waterline to indicate ripples in the water.

2. Use straight lines to continue drawing the three-dimensional walls and roof of the house.

3. Draw an oval in the pointed eave on the front of the house to represent a window. Enclose a rectangle on the side of the house. Draw one vertical line and many horizontal lines across it. This forms the garage door.

4. Draw curved and loosely "V" shaped lines to indicate waves or ripples in the flowing water.

5. Draw a half-submerged tree in the background. Use curved lines to sketch the trunk, branches, and leafy crown. Don't forget to draw curved lines at the bottom of the trunk to represent ripples in the water.

Then, draw a straight, horizontal line from the tree to the house. This is the horizon line, where the flooded land disappears in the distance.

6. Draw a log floating on the water. Use curved lines to draw a wavy rectangle shape. Extend curved lines from one side and allow them to meet at a point, forming a tree branch. Texture the bark of the log and the ripples around it using curved lines.

7. Draw a door floating on the water. First, draw a rectangle. Then draw straight lines parallel to two sides. Enclose a smaller rectangle on top, and draw straight lines across it in a perpendicular manner. Use curved lines to enclose the doorknob and the wavy ripples around the door.

Next, draw a cartoon person clinging to the door, erasing as necessary. Use curved lines to outline the shoulders, arms, hands, neck, head, and spiky hair.

8. Draw another cartoon person waving from the top of the house. Again, use curved lines for the torso, arm, hand, head, and hair. Enclose large clouds in the background using curved lines.

9. Draw short, diagonal lines across the whole picture to indicate the rain falling down.

Your sketch of a flooded landscape is now complete. Color your picture. We've shaded our clouds a foreboding gray and the water dark blue. Often, flood waters appear brown due to the dirt and debris that they wash away.