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Tough Challenges drawing guide

How to draw a city at night step by step

Draw a busy city with tall buildings, lots of windows and a night sky. This tough guide has 10 steps, and each step adds one new line or shape.

Ages 7 to 10 2nd to 5th Grade Tough, 10 steps

What you need

  • Paper
  • A pencil
  • An eraser
  • Crayons, markers or colored pencils

Draw lightly with the pencil first. When the picture looks right, trace over it and color it in.

The first 3 steps

  1. Step 1. Draw a tall skyscraper in the middle.

  2. Step 2. Add a pointy top and an antenna.

  3. Step 3. Draw a shorter building on the left.

7 more steps finish the drawing.

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With a free account, kids see all 10 steps as big pictures, hear each step read aloud, trace it on the drawing pad with a faint guide line and print the page.

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