Easy How to Draw a Basketball Tutorial Video and Basketball Coloring Page
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Basketball and a Basketball Coloring Page. It’s a good lesson in how you can use line and shape and form to make a realistic drawing.
Drawing of a Basketball
A basketball drawing project sounds simple, but it can also include a good lesson that teaches a few things about key Elements of Art.
Much in the way that a round pumpkin can start to look dimensional when lines are added, a basketball starts to take shape too when its trademark black lines are drawn in. A plain flat circle will get some instant dimension if students draw the lines as shown, which are easy to do with a little help from this example.
In that way, LINES are added to a circle SHAPE, to make them look like they have FORM. I personally concentrated on just my black lines and bright orange color for my sample drawing, but students that wish to add even more of a 3D look could add some shadows too.
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Basketball Coloring Page
Materials
Note: All of the below are Amazon affiliate links.
Pacon Drawing Paper, White, Standard Weight, 9″ x 12″, 500 Sheets
Ooly, Natural Beeswax Crayons, Set of 24. Made from non-toxic ingredients for ages 3 and up.
Fine Point, permanent black ink marks on paper, plastic, metal, and most other surfaces.
Directions to Draw a Basketball Step by Step
Time needed: 30 minutes
How to Draw a Basketball
- Draw or trace a large circle
- Add a curved line as shown
- Draw another curved line to make an X.
- Add a kind of U shape on top
- Draw an upside down U below.
- Make the first line thicker.
- Add same thickness to the next.
- Add same thickness to the rest.
- Trace with a marker. Color ball with a
yellowish orange, cover with orange
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