Menorah drawings: how to draw a menorah, Hanukkah and Temple

Menorah drawings for anyone who wants to draw one: a child learning, a teacher at the board, a parent making a card. The nine show the nine-branched Hanukkah menorah, a four-panel sheet that builds it step by step, and the seven-branched Temple menorah. A pencil sketch, an easy marker outline and a card in blue and gold show the drawing at three levels.

• A child's first drawing lesson
• A classroom board drawing
• A hand-drawn greeting card
• A sketch reference for a Hanukkah poster

Frequently asked questions

Is the step-by-step sheet a full tutorial?

It is four numbered panels that build a Hanukkah menorah from the base, then the stem, the branches, and the nine candles and flames.

What is the difference between a Hanukkah and a Temple menorah?

The Hanukkah menorah has nine candles, with the shamash raised in the centre. The Temple menorah has seven branched arms rising in pairs from a central stem.

Are these drawings or photographs?

They are drawings on a plain white sheet, flat and seen straight on, with no hand or pencil in the picture.

Can I ask for a different look?

Yes. Type a direction such as olive branches and the drawing is made in that look. It is a request, not a promised result.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.