How to Color a Pumpkin
Let’s color your pumpkin drawing and make it look 3-D! Fold the paper and use it for a pumpkin card, place card, thank you or birthday card.
Servings: 1 card
Cost: $1
Equipment
- Scissors
Ingredients
Instructions
- We will make a pumpkin card first.To make a card the pumpkin will be on the bottom right of the paper. Later you will fold the paper and cut off some on the top of the page so it will fit in an envelope. If you would like, go ahead and do that now so you know what size to draw the pumpkin.Note- I have a Three Ways to Make an Envelope post so you can make the envelope fit the card if you don’t have envelopes!
- The starting point is drawing the pumpkin of course. The technique for this is from the How to Draw a Pumpkin post. If you haven’t seen that post and video, you may want to take a couple minutes to do that before you go on.Make this a jack-o-lantern if you desire, draw the face.
- I am using Prismacolor colored pencils. I love their smooth and vibrant colors. But you can use any brand you would like or use crayons to do this project.Start by coloring the entire pumpkin with a lighter yellow orange color. This will provide a base color that we will add to in the next steps.Tip: if you drew the jack-o-lantern face do not color the features, leave them white for now.
- Start by coloring the entire pumpkin with a lighter yellow orange color. This will provide a base color that we will add to in the next steps.Tip: if you drew the jack-o-lantern face do not color the features, leave them white for now.
- Use an orange color to darken the edges and ribs of the pumpkin, fading out to the center of the ribs. Then use a red orange color to darken just the very edges and deepest part of the ribs of the pumpkin with a bit of fading out. These colors should not be hard lines that stand out but blended, kind of shading like.
- Do something similar with the leaf and stem using yellow green, green and a dark green. But there are no ribs so use the edges of the leaf and stem and the stem lines instead of the ribs.
- Lastly, use a medium blue for shading the pumpkin. The blue I use here is a bit on the turquoise side. Note: Color in the features of the jack-o-lantern now with the medium blue if you chose to make a face on your pumpkin. Then continue with the shading in the next step.
- We will pretend that the light source is in the upper right and shining down onto the pumpkin. Do some shading with the blue on the side of the pumpkin and stem that are away from the light source. Also shade some on the ground under the pumpkin and to the side away from the light source.You can add a bit of blue to the leaf along the edges and stem lines.
- Fold your card and cut off the extra paper at the side and on top. You can make this fit an envelope you have or make your own envelope.Write a saying on the card that is appropriate for your purpose- Happy Fall ya’ll, thank you, happy birthday, etc.
- If you want to make a place card for Thanksgiving, make a small rectangular card (tent style so it will stand up on the table). Draw the pumpkin on the left or right side of the card with the opening to the bottom. Add a name on each card instead of a message. These are so cute sitting on the table next to the plate or on top of the plate.