How to Draw a Circus Tent

Are you ready for the greatest show in town? Everyone knows that a night out at the circus is the best one – and it all starts with the perfect circus tent; this is where the magic happens.


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Step-By-Step Images and Instructions

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Use a pencil and ruler to add a long, thin rectangle to the bottom of the page.


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Add a triangle to the top of the rectangle, and then divide this in two with a vertical line, emerging above the top of the triangle.


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Add a small circle to the top of the circle, and then add a flag to the top of the vertical line.


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Add a horizontal line to the top and bottom of the rectangle.


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Add a square shape to the center of these, and then a triangle inside this square.


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Use the ruler to divide the large rectangle into smaller rectangles with vertical lines.


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Bring angled lines up from the tops of these to meet the point at the top of the tent.


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Now, add a curved line to the inside of each of the sides of the triangle at the front – this is the flap at the opening of the tent.


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Add a series of circles to the bottom of the tent.


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Grab a black fineliner, and go over the stripes at the top of the tent, the opening of the flap, and the flag on the top.


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Now, use the black pen to add a zig-zag line across the top of the tent.


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Use the black pen to go over the circles at the bottom of the tent.


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Grab an eraser, and remove any remaining pencil lines…


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And then use a red pen to shade alternate sections of the tent, as well as the flag at the top.


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Shade the flaps of the entrance with a brown pen…


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And then use a yellow pen for the circle at the top of the tend, and alternate triangles on the flag.


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Grab a blue pen, and shade the bottom of the tent, and the rest of the flags on the tent.


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Shade the entrance of the tent with the black pen…


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And use a gray pen for the rest of the stripes on the tent.


And there we have it – but who knows what magical wonders are lying within… you will have to draw the flap aside and take a peek for yourself!

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