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How To Draw a School

Learn the simple steps for drawing a school building in this easy and fun tutorial! We've included a free printable too!
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: How To Draw Tutorials
Author: Alli Ward

Equipment

  • Drawing Pencils

Instructions

  • The first step is to draw an upside-down trapezoid shape for the base of the school. Then for the roof of the school, start with a thin rectangle shape on top of the trapezoid that is slightly wider than the base. This will act as the base of the roof. Then draw a vertical line up from one side of the rectangle and then slightly arch the roof and then come down with an additional vertical line towards the other side. It should kind of look like a flower pot.
    step 1 drawing of school
  • Next, is to draw the front of the school. Starting slightly above the middle of the rooftop, draw an upside-down V shape, ending right below the top of the roof. Similar width to the base of the roof from the previous step, draw another upside V under that, creating the rooftop of the front of the school. Then draw two lines straight down to the base of the building. Then draw a horizontal line towards the bottom of the schoolhouse leaving the front column of the school building empty.
    step 2 how to draw school
  • Next, is to add the windows and stairs to the school. We went with rectangular shapes with cross lines creating smaller rectangles for the windows. For the stairs, we drew three thin rectangles with a longer step right below the base of the school the medium right at the base, and then the slightly shorter one above that.
    step 3 drawing of a school
  • For the fourth step, draw an arch off the top stair going up to right below the roof base. For the front door, we then drew a rectangle with a cross through it, giving it a door look.
    step 4 drawings of schools
  • Lastly, we added an arch single window above the door, and in the arch as well as the few rectangles above the door. We then drew a simple circle clock towards the peak of the roof above the arch. We then wrote the "SCHOOL" between the clock and the arch, but feel free to write whatever name of the school you would like!
    step 5 easy school drawing
  • The final step is to outline the school with a black marker on the final lines and erase any extra lines you had while sketching the school.
    step 6 how to draw a school
  • We think it's fun to color in your school at the end with either crayons, colored pencils, or markers.
    easy school drawing

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