Have some colorful fun with this How to Draw a Rainbow Step By Step Tutorial. This is an easy way to have fun with a rainbow drawing.
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This easy How to Draw a Rainbow step-by-step tutorial is fun and sure to have you drawing like a pro in no time.
A beautiful rainbow made from sunlight reflecting through water droplets is one of the most awe-inspiring wonders of the world.
Rainbows are a fan favorite around these parts. We love rainbow arts and crafts and all kinds of rainbow-themed fun. If you love rainbows like us, then you will not want to miss our other popular rainbow art projects including St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Art Project, Rainbow Tissue Paper Art, DIY Pop-Up Rainbow Card, and Paint Sample Rainbow Craft.
Rainbow Printables
While is always fun to create your own rainbow through arts and crafts, we find that having fun with rainbows through different printables is fun too. We enjoy color and rainbow so much that we created a color scavenger hunt that you can print out and run around having fun finding the bright colors.
We also have had some fun through some other rainbow printables including
Rainbow Activity Packet
Rainbow Fun is not always little pony friendship and rainbow dash (man, didn't you love my little pony?), but also through creative ways like coloring and drawing.
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Colors Of The Rainbow In Order
One of the biggest questions we get when it comes to rainbows is what are the different colors of the rainbow?
When we were little there were 6 rainbow colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. This has since changed and there are now officially 7 colors of the rainbow. Those are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Basically, the color purple is now broken into two distinct colors. Dark purple which is indigo and violet which is lighter purple.
That is the order of the colors in the specific order from the top of the arc (red) to the bottom (violet). You may also see the order of the rainbow in the mnemonic device ROY G. BIV. That is the first letter of each of the colors in order to remember it easier.
That is why you will often see rainbow patterns with either six or seven colors represented.
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Supplies for Rainbow Drawing
- Paper
- Crayons, Markers, or Colored Pencils
How To Draw A Rainbow Step By Step Tutorial
Here is the easy steps tutorial for an easy rainbow drawing lesson!
First, orient your paper horizontally. This means the longer end of your paper is at the top and bottom. This will allow for the large rainbow drawing to take up most of the paper.
Inside Arch
The first step in free hand drawing a rainbow is to draw a curved line creating a half circle. This will be the inside line of your rainbow. You then draw another curved line around the following the same curved line as the one underneath it. This will create two parallel curves.
The second step is to continue to create half circle ecurved lines moving out from the first line. If you imagine there is an invisible horizontal line running at the bottom of your rainbow, this is where the ends of the rainbow lines should end.
Continue to create lines moving out and creating a full rainbow. You will want to make sure you have 7 or 8 lines to make sure you have room for each rainbow gradient color.
Drawing Clouds
The last step is to create small clouds on each end of your rainbow. There are different methods for clouds. We created ours with the rounded edges of the cloud towards the rainbow and the bottom of the clouds was flat with a horizontal line. You can also make the cloud shapes more round and billowy by creating curved lines around both sides. Either will look great.
The last step once you have your rainbow drawing is to grab your favorite markers and color your rainbow in with whatever rainbow pattern you prefer.
Viola, you have a beautiful rainbow. You can even add your own pot of gold for St. Patrick's Day and throughout the month of March!
We highlighted this Rainbow Craft For Kids along with Easy Drawings For Kids and some other fun kid's crafts in our March Arts and Crafts along with our hundreds Easy Crafts for Kids.
You also do not want to miss our hundreds of Printable Coloring Pages For Kids and Printables For Kids full of Crafts and Coloring Pages. Along with the St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages and Color Puzzles, you will be set with days and days' worth of coloring fun.
HAPPY DRAWING!
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How to Draw A Rainbow
Equipment
- Markers
Ingredients
Instructions
- First, orient your paper horizontally. This means the longer end of your paper is at the top and bottom. This will allow for the large rainbow drawing to take up most of the paper.
- The first step in drawing a rainbow is to draw a curved line creating a half circle. This will be the inside line of your rainbow. You then draw another curved line around the following the same curved line as the one underneath it. This will create two parallel curves.
- The second step is to continue to create half circle ecurved lines moving out from the first line. If you imagine there is an invisible horizontal line running at the bottom of your rainbow, this is where each of the lines should end.
- Continue to create lines moving out and creating a full rainbow. You will want to make sure you have 7 or 8 lines to make sure you have room for each rainbow gradient color.
- The last step is to create small clouds on each end of your rainbow. There are different methods for clouds. We created ours with the rounded edges of the cloud towards the rainbow and the bottom of the clouds were flat with a horizontal line. You can also make the cloud round and billowy on both sides. Either will look great
- The last step once you have your rainbow drawing is to grab your favorite markers and color your rainbow in.
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