How to Draw a Cartoony Nightstand

Nit Wits #20 ("One Night Stand") is a classic example of combining simple shapes into bigger, more complex items. You can see how I tried my hand at cartoony carpentry and accomplished this basic wooden nightstand with seven rectangles and one circle.

Try making your own nightstand by following my step-by-step drawing lesson below. If you want a bigger challenge, try adding more dimension and making your nightstand 3D or adding woodgrain (oak, maple, redwood) or a modern modular color, material, or design.

Now wasn't that just the bees knees?
Wait — there's more! This sample fun cartoony lesson is published in my printable playbook, You Can Draw Cartoony Things! A Creative Drawing Book for Everyone. If you'd like to use my creativity-inspiring cartoony lessons for classroom projects or workshop exercises, please purchase and download the high-quality print-a-page e-book, which is dirt-cheap and formatted especially for printing and teaching purposes.
— Chris Dunmire, Author of You Can Draw Cartoony Things!