How to Draw a Cartoon Pumpkin
Here's a very simple drawing lesson - a cartoon pumpkin. Based on only a circle and a centerline, create one of your own - the perfect shape and size from which to take things a step further... and of course - transform it into a Jack-O-Lantern!
Let's begin! :-)
First Step - Base Your Drawing on This...
While drawing, it'll help to use the following guideline to base your vegetable on and around. It's not absolutely necessary - but it can surely help to maintain a more symmetrical shape.
Here it is...
Remember --- change the shape of the circle to something longer, wider, skinnier etc. - to come up with the perfect pumpkin for you. In this way - drawing one is the same as searching for one in a patch!
On to the drawing part...
Second Step - Draw Your Pumpkin, Step by Step
Well, carefully - and step by step, here's how this lesson takes shape. Keep in mind - you can alter these steps to again - come up with something a bit more unique to the look you're going for. Experiment with it!
And here we go...
Orange - green... yup - these are the colors to add when everything's mapped out in front of you. But hold up on the curvy lines in the middle until afterwards, if you plan on adding a face!
Stay tuned for some more Halloween lessons - at least one everyday, all the way through October 31st!
Recommended Drawing Resources
To further your learning and improvement, check out the following resources...
- Learn how to draw caricatures with Graeme Biddle.
- Discover how to use photoshop in a day. Makes everything so much simpler.
- Check out Chad Baldwin's digital painting techniques.
- Draw cars just like the pros, the pro being Tim Rugendyke.
- Want to learn painting? Look no further than Bob Davies' free watercolor secrets ebook.
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