A Guide To Draw A Sphere
Learn how to draw a sphere with this easy tutorial! Kids of all ages can learn the skill of drawing a round object and making it look 3-D.
Servings: 1 Drawing of a sphere
Cost: $1
Equipment
- none needed
Ingredients
Instructions
- Begin by drawing a circle. Make it fairly large so you have some space to practice shading. You can draw around the bottom of a cup, can or draw around a small plate to get a circle shape if you want.
- Draw a shadow area outside of the circle you drew on the bottom left side. We are going to pretend that there is a strong light to the upper right of the sphere and there is a shadow next to the sphere on the bottom left side.
- Turn the pencil kind of on its side and draw with the side of the pencil led. Draw kind of a semi-circle smile shape next to the sphere. You can kind of smudge this with your finger and it makes it look more smooth, like a shadow. Make the shadow area darker right next to the circle and lighter as it goes away from the sphere.
- Do you also notice how the light hits the ball and causes it to be brighter on one side and darker on the other? Draw some shaded area on the lower left side of the sphere shape that you drew. It will be darker next to the edge of the ball and lighter towards the middle of the ball. Smudge a little with your finger, rubbing along the edge of the circle. See how I shaded a bit all around the sphere, leaving the upper right side unshaded? The unshaded part of the sphere is where we pretend the light is hitting the sphere.
- I drew a few contour lines in the shaded area of the sphere. Contour lines are kind of like smile lines, curved lines that imitate the curved edge of the sphere. Draw them fairly light and smudge them a bit as well.
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Notes
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