Show me how to draw a pumpkin

This step by step tutorial explains how to draw and shade a realistic looking pumpkin with pencil drawing examples for each step.

Step 1 – Draw the Overall shape of the Pumpkin

Begin the pumpkin drawing by first getting it’s major shapes.

In this case the pumpkin itself and the stem.

Pumpkin usually tend to be shaped like a sort of sphere with a squashed in top and bottom.

This shape drawing can be fairly rough and can omit the smaller bends and curves in the shape.

The goal is to have the correct overall shape first.

Step 2 – Add the Details

After you have the main shape of the pumpkin you can add in the smaller details such as the divisions and curves.

Draw these right over top of the example from the previous step and erase whatever parts you need to in order to have a clean line drawing.

Step 3 – Analyze the light and shadows

In this case the lighting will be coming from the top left of the drawing so the shadows and drop shadow will be on the right side.

Keep in mind that there will also be light reflecting from the surface the pumpki

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