How to Draw a Soccer Ball - Easy Step By Step
This How to Draw a Soccer Ball Easy Step by Step tutorial teaches an easy way to draw the shaped sections of the soccer ball. World Cup fun!
Servings: 1 Soccer Ball Drawing
Cost: $2
Equipment
- A flat work surface or drawing table
- Good lighting
Ingredients
- Drawing paper or a drawing sketchbook White paper of any type works well.
- Pencil Just a regular school pencil will work but you can also buy drawing pencils.
- Eraser I need one at least!
- Pencil sharpener It's nice to have one handy.
- Permanent black marker (fine-tip works well)- Used to go over the pencil drawing (optional).
- Colored pencils, colored markers, or crayons Add color to your drawing (optional).
Instructions
- Begin by drawing a large circle on your drawing paper. This is the ball of course. I like trying to draw a circle free hand which is good to practice. But you could also draw around a round object (like a bowl or cup).
- Draw a dot in the center of the circle. We are going to draw 5 lines out from the center to the circle edge. Draw a line straight up from the dot to the edge of the circle. Next, draw two lines that come out of the center dot. One will go down to the bottom left of the circle and the other to the bottom right of the circle. These will kind of look like two legs in a jumping jack stance. Then draw two lines that come out from the center dot out to the upper left of the circle and the upper right of the circle. These will kind of look like two arms up in a cheer.
- On each of the five lines, draw two small dots that divide the line into 3 sections as evenly as possible.Draw lines connecting the 5 dots (one on each line) that are closest to the center dot. This will create a five-sided shape (pentagon) Erase the center dot and lines inside this center pentagon.
- We are going to make 6 sided shapes (hexagons) around the center pentagon.Turn your paper so one of the 5 lines is going straight down towards you. From the dot on that line that is closest to the edge of the soccer ball, draw two lines that go out and slightly slanted downwards. These lines will be about the same length as the distance between two dots on the line. Repeat this step on each of the five lines that come from the center dot. It helps to turn your paper as you do this so the line you are working on is straight down towards you.
- Draw a line between two of these lines that angle down towards each other- this will complete five hexagons around the center pentagon.To finish the drawing of the soccer ball, look at my picture to see how the outside shapes are made. Draw lines from the ends of the last line you drew (that finished each hexagon)- slant them outwards to the edge of the outer soccer ball line.
- Erase the ⅓ of the first lines you made in Step 2 that are inside these outer shapes. If you are doing a black and white pencil drawing, go ahead and color them in now. If you want to color your drawing, leave them white and color them in later. Remember which ones you color though!!
- To make a 3-D soccer ball drawing, add a little shading around one side of the ball. That helps your ball look round instead of flat.
- Sketch simple zig-zagging lines under the ball as grass. Add any type of details you would like. I added some “swish lines” on one side of the ball Leave this as your finished pencil drawing or go on to add a black line and color your drawing.
- Go over the pencil lines of your drawing with a permanent black marker. Once the ink dries, carefully erase any pencil marks that are still seen.
- On your sketch of a soccer ball, color the center pentagon and the five pentagons along the edge black (or color of your choice). You can use Colored pencils, colored markers, or crayons. Leave the hexagon sections white. This is the coloring of a traditional soccer ball. If you prefer you can use your favorite team colors and logo! Color in the background, adding any details you would like.
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Notes
The full post has tips, variations, and link to a full length video. Found at: https://welcometonanas.com/how-to-draw-a-soccer-ball-easy-step-by-step/