How to Draw Christmas Lights
Creatives will love learning how to draw Christmas lights in 6 easy steps.
Sharpen a pencil and follow along with these easy 6 drawing steps. You’ll learn the basics for drawing Christmas lights.
This lesson only takes about 20 minutes and has a PDF near the bottom of the lesson you can easily print or download. The pdf packet even contains a coloring-book-like page with just the line art. This goes perfectly with crayons. It is wonderful for very young children looking for some extra guidance and simply looking to fill in Christmas lights.
Trying to learn to draw is much more fun when you have a clear lesson to reference. Enjoy!
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- How to Draw Christmas Lights Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)
In today’s lesson, we are going to discover how to draw Christmas lights on paper. The design and proportion of each part will be pointed out in each step of the lesson. Note that the blue outlines are used to indicate the newest shapes being drawn in each step.
Time Needed: 20 minutes
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Outline The Wire
Outline the wire of the Christmas lights by drawing a wavy line.
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Form The Thickness Of The Wire
Form the thickness of the wire by drawing another wavy line.
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Start Drawing The Base
Now, start drawing the base of the bulbs by adding pairs of straight lines.
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Attach The Bulbs
Form the light bulbs by drawing oval-like shapes attached to the base.
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Add The Filament
Add the filament by drawing a curved line inside each bulb.
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Complete The Christmas Lights Drawing
It’s time to switch on our holiday spirits by adding festive colors to the Christmas lights. First, fill the wire with a brown crayon. Next, color the base of the light bulbs with a dark green crayon. Then, use yellow, green, blue and red crayons to shade the light bulbs.
How to Draw Christmas Lights PDF Download
Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for How to Draw Christmas Lights. The last page of the downloadable PDF includes a coloring book page with just the outlines and an extension exercise for prompting kids to get creative!