How to Draw a Ship in a Bottle

1. Begin the ship in a bottle outline by drawing a large bottle. Use a long curved line for the roughly rectangular shape of the bottle.

Use two short lines for the bottle's neck, and connect them with a "C" shaped line.

2. Draw a cork sealing up the bottle. Use curved lines to make a rounded trapezoid shape, then band it with curved lines, one of which gives it a three-dimensional appearance.

3. Contour the bottle's neck with a short line, then begin building the ship. Use a curved line for the keel or bottom of the ship. Use a series of curved lines to create a rainbow-shaped stand to hold it up.

4. Draw a curved rectangle at the top of the hull. Extend a curved line from it to finish enclosing the hull. On the front of the ship, use two curved lines to draw the pointed bow sprit.

5. Use curved lines to draw a triangle and a rectangle. These are the first of the ship's sails.

6. Use curved lines to enclose two more rectangular sails. Draw parallel lines below, between, and above the sails to form the mast. Extend a horizontal line that will become the bottom of the next sail.

7. Complete the rectangular sail, then use parallel lines to draw the mast behind the sails. Use curved lines to enclose two more sails.

8. Use parallel lines to draw the final mast. Then, enclose small triangles on the tops of the masts. These are flags called pennants. On the side of the ship, draw several small rectangles.

These are windows called portholes.

9. Draw a curved line across the hole, and another across the bottom of the bottle, giving it a three-dimensional appearance.

Finally, draw a stand for the bottle, erasing as necessary. Below the bottle, draw a long, rounded trapezoid.

Connect it to the bottle with pairs of straight lines connected at the top by short curved lines.

Your ship in a bottle outline is now complete. Color your drawing. Wooden sailing ships were often brown with white sails, but paint or colorful fabric could be used.