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How to Draw a Cabin in the Mountains

Mountain Cabin from The Drawing Fix™. An easy step-by-step drawing for Grades 4–6. Draw it with your class in about 15 minutes, one step at a time. Free to use and print. No sign-up.

By Christopher Allen · Ontario elementary educator14 stepsAbout 15 minutesUpdated Nov 5, 2026
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This one asks for a little more patience: overlapping shapes, pattern and detail. It is a calm, focused few minutes, and the finished drawing looks like real art.

Before you start: a pencil, an eraser, a sheet of paper and something to colour with.

Draw lightly at first. Dark lines come at the end, once the shapes look right.

Step-by-step: how to draw a cabin in the mountains

  1. Step 1. Mountains

    Draw the two mountain ridge lines in the background.

  2. Step 2. Cabin walls

    Build the front wall and the angled side wall.

  3. Step 3. Roof planes

    Add the front roof and the side roof plane.

  4. Step 4. Chimney

    Add the chimney and one smoke curl.

  5. Step 5. Door and windows

    Place the door and the front and side windows.

  6. Step 6. Porch

    Build the porch and front steps.

  7. Step 7. Left pine

    Add the tall pine tree on the left.

  8. Step 8. Right pine

    Add the second pine tree on the right.

  9. Step 9. Path

    Draw the path widening toward the foreground.

  10. Step 10. Cabin siding

    Add the log and siding lines on both walls.

  11. Step 11. Snow caps

    Add short snow-cap lines on the mountains.

  12. Step 12. Fence

    Add one small fence detail near the path.

  13. Step 13. Ground texture

    Add a few short foreground texture marks.

  14. Step 14. Create

    Make one part completely yours.

The pink line is the new part in each step.

Make it theirs

  • Add a background that tells a story. Where is it?
  • Give it a name and write it underneath.
  • Try it again tomorrow from memory.
  • Colour last. There is no wrong colour for a cabin in the mountains.

Teaching it with the projector

The projector version draws each step slowly on the board, pauses while students copy it, then checks in before the next step. Nobody has to talk, so you are free to walk around and help.

Quick Fix: 10 steps, about 10 minutes. Good for a brain break or the last few minutes before recess. Full Focus: all 14 steps, about 15 minutes, with the extra detail.

Open Mountain Cabin on the projector → It works on any classroom screen. No accounts, no student names, no ads.

Curriculum connections

Visual arts: the elements of design (line, shape, pattern and texture) and creating art for a purpose. Language: listening to and following multi-step directions. Directed drawing also builds fine motor control and focus.

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