How to Draw an Apple
Drawing still life object is something the beginners should learn first. If you want to learn how to draw simple objects initially then drawing an apple is the best thing to start with. Apple is a fruit which is easy to draw as it is circular in shape and the fruit is readily available for observation. Integrate highly developed techniques like contouring an idea and you will have to shade the drawing properly to get the realistic look. There are the primary steps with which the procedure of drawing an apple is made easy. Here are few things which will help to get a better impression. However one’s creativity can always be added while drawing an object and that makes them different from others.
- A real apple has to be placed first on a table in front and has to be observed very carefully. Lighting has to be adjusted so that highlighted parts and shaded parts are well exposed and pleasing.
- Take a look on those places where the light hits the apple and also those places where there is no light at all. This will help you to draw the object accurately. Then step back and scrutinize the shape and standards of color.
- Next you have to decide whether the drawing would be a pencil sketch or an oil painting or watercolor.
- You have to decide the size of the sketch first and then outline the apple gradually with your pencil just the way you watch it. Try to do the basic circular shape of the apple. To give the desired shape you can erase and alter the contour.
- Next you have to add the finer details like stem and other specifications. Shade the sketch properly to get a three dimensional look. Shade the dark spaces separately and do not shade the bright spaces.
- Observe the apple and check with your sketch whether you have properly completed your shading and completed with the final touch of the sketch or not. If your shading is too prevailing then try to lighten some specific areas. The apple will look more realistic if you do proper shading in the sketch.
- Add details like fine lines at the bottom of the apple and include any scratches or dent in the apple to give a complete look to the sketch.
- If you are not doing a pencil sketch and doing a colored sketch, then apply dark colored shades in the required places in the apple. Do not go for fine details while using watercolor for just getting the impression of color.
Thus, it is really not that complicated to draw an apple if you follow proper instructions and do accordingly. So why are you still waiting? Start your wonderful creation today? Get a white sheet of paper, a pencil, an eraser and start with your basic object of sketching. You would not at all find it complicating.
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