How To Draw The Eiffel Tower (Step by Step Pictures)

The complex structures of the Eiffel Tower, the pride of France and one of the most cherished monuments in the world, is not that easy to replicate on paper. Following the step-by-step instructions given below makes your task easier.

How To Draw The Eiffel Tower Step 1

Step 1

Draw a vertical line, making it as tall as you want your Eiffel Tower to be.
Now make a long rectangle (as shown in picture 1) at the lower part of the straight line for the base of the first floor. See picture 1 to make two smaller rectangles at either sides of the straight line. These will later be the base of your tower’s legs.
Join the rectangle drawn for the first floor with those drawn for the bases with two parallel lines on each side (as shown in picture 2).

How To Draw The Eiffel Tower Step 2

Step 2

Draw another straight line below the long rectangle (picture 3). Make it a double line.
Next, draw a down facing “C” just below the double line you just made with the arms of the “C” touching the lines you made in step 1 to join the first floor rectangle with the bases.
See picture 4 to draw another rectangle for the second floor. Make it smaller than the one drawn for the first floor. Join the first floor and second floor rectangles with a scale and pencil as shown in picture 4.

How To Draw The Eiffel Tower Step 3

Step 3

See picture 5 to draw the upper part of the tower. The small cap-like structure at the top is the outline for the third floor.
Now it is time to start working on the intricate structures and patterns. Start with the legs of your tower, filling them with the crisscross pattern shown in picture 6. Also, fill the base rectangles with black to make them look more real.

How To Draw The Eiffel Tower Step 4

Step 4

First carefully erase the vertical line (made in the first step), running down the middle of your drawing. Then work over the first floor rectangle to make the balcony and other metal structures. (Picture 7)
Also, redo the tower’s arch (the “C” you drew in step 2) as shown in picture 7 to make it more realistic.
Once the first floor is complete, advance to the second floor – see picture 8 to draw the second floor structure. Make sure to erase all the unnecessary lines once you are done with the fair drawing.

How To Draw The Eiffel Tower Step 5

Step 5

Next, start working on the outline of the upper part of the tower between the second and third floors. See picture 9 to draw this part. Make sure to use a plastic or wooden scale to keep the lines straight and symmetrical.

Now all that is left to work on are the top-most floor and the tower top. Follow picture 10 to draw these parts and your neat Eiffel Tower picture is done.

Draw The Eiffel Tower Step By Step

myothuta says:

July 2, 2014 at 3:05 pm

good.

ava says:

November 21, 2014 at 11:00 pm

simple and easy loved it!!!!!

- parislover199 says:
  
  August 21, 2015 at 12:05 am
  
  so useful for my art contest!!!
  
- Logan says:
  
  August 25, 2015 at 2:24 pm
  
  That’s good

Lalala says:

November 9, 2014 at 9:31 am

Love it

SwaggerMeBooty says:

November 17, 2014 at 7:24 am

This actually helps me a lot. I would like to that this website COOL2BKIDS! Now I can’t wait to draw this on my a3 art sketching book. Hopefully it give me a full mark because this is my assessment I art class…
I said HOPEFULLY!

parislover199 says:

August 21, 2015 at 12:55 am

me to

- Madison or MRMSDK MSRDMK says:
  
  September 29, 2016 at 2:33 am
  
  for me it was not easy but im 8 but I loved it.
  
marie says:

December 20, 2015 at 2:22 am

oh thank u very mch for that easy tips!it really helps me a lot

marie says:

December 20, 2015 at 2:23 am

cool

tasha w3 says:

January 6, 2015 at 10:58 pm

very confusing. how do you draw all those tiny lines 🙁

Raylie Wall says:

February 22, 2023 at 9:09 pm

This is kind of confusing but I got it done really well! Did you get my comment above and this is going to be a good day! I am in 3rd Period.