How to Draw a Trumpet

How to Draw a Trumpet

In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw a trumpet. This step-by-step guide is very simple and contains only nine steps.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw a trumpet. I think that the subject of musical instruments is interesting to you, and you will be happy to follow this lesson.

The trumpet belongs to wind musical instruments and is part of a symphony orchestra. It is a complete classical music instrument. The trumpet is also used in jazz and other musical genres. This is the highest-sounding wind instrument.

You can easily complete this lesson, even if you have no experience. This guide has nine easy steps. Follow all the steps consistently and use my tips, then you will have an excellent result.

Materials

• Pencil
• Paper
• Eraser
• Coloring supplies

Time needed: 20 minutes

How to Draw a Trumpet Step by Step

1. Draw the mouth pipe.

   This step is simple enough – to do it, you should draw two same straight lines.

2. Start drawing the bell.

   Prolong the two previously drawn lines with two symmetrical curved lines.

3. Complete the drawing of the bell.

   Draw two straight vertical lines and connect them with rounded lines.

4. Add the mouthpiece.

   Depict it with straight lines of different sizes and symmetrical curved lines.

5. Draw the curved tube.

   To do this step, draw figures that look like elongated ovals of different sizes.

6. Start drawing the valves.

   Outline six identical straight vertical lines placed on a curved tube.

7. Complete the drawing of the valves.

   Connect each two of the previously drawn straight lines with rounded lines.

8. Erase the auxiliary lines.

   Use an eraser to remove unnecessary lines from the drawing.

9. Color in the drawing.

   To color the trumpet you have drawn, you should use yellow.

As usual, I have prepared a PDF file for you with a summary of this step-by-step drawing tutorial. Download the file and draw at any convenient time.

How to Draw a Trumpet: Alternative Method

In the previous lesson, we drew a more cartoonish trumpet, now we’ll try to master drawing a slightly more realistic version.