Simple Step-by-Step Drawing Lessons
30 tutorials published
Move past the lollipop tree with five steps: a flared trunk, forking branches, a cloud-like crown split into leaf clumps, then loose texture on the shadow side. Short notes cover a pine and a bare winter tree.
Draw a side-view fish in five steps: a lemon-shaped body, a notched tail, three fins, a gill line with eye and mouth, then rows of scales. Change the body shape for long, round or tall fish.
Draw a small perched songbird in six steps, starting with a tilted egg-shaped body and a circle head, then adding beak, wing, tail, legs and a branch. Includes simple pecking and flying poses.
Sketch a standing puppy in side view in six steps, from a circle head and a bean-shaped body to tube legs, a floppy ear and a collar, with a simple check that keeps the body the right length.
Draw a friendly sitting cat from the front in six steps: a circle head, a pear-shaped body, triangle ears, front legs, a curled tail and a simple face placed on a light guideline.
Every building starts as a box with a roof shape on top. Follow simple pencil steps for a shop front, a barn and a lighthouse, then line them up along one ground line as a small street.
Sketch a small sailboat in five steps: a shallow hull, a vertical mast, two sails, a tiny flag and a waterline with waves and a broken reflection, plus a simple horizon.
Draw a tidy front-facing cottage in six steps, from a square and a triangle roof to windows, a chimney, a path and a bush, then add an optional side wall for a 3D look.
Twenty-five simple subjects to sketch right now, grouped by where you will find them, with the basic shapes behind each one and tips for choosing by difficulty.
Turn flat shapes into solid forms: a cube from two offset squares, a cylinder and cone built on ellipses, and a sphere made round with tone. Clear steps and fixes for common problems.
Give flat sketches light and shadow with a five-step value scale, four ways to lay tone and a step-by-step shaded sphere with a highlight, core shadow and cast shadow.
Learn to judge sizes by eye with nothing but a pencil held at arm's length. Includes a worked example of a bottle three units tall, plus angle and negative space checks.
