Easy How to Draw Bubble Letters Tutorial and Bubble Letters Coloring Page
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Bubble Letters and a Bubble Letters Coloring Page.
Bubble Letter Alphabet
Most students first learn how to draw bubble letters by tracing around stick letters, but this tutorial takes a different approach. Tracing often creates letters with lots of straight sides and rounded ends, instead of that full, inflated look that makes bubble letters so much fun.
I think an easier way is to skip the stick letters altogether and jump right into drawing the extra-fat shapes. It only takes a couple of steps, and there’s nothing to erase afterward. To make the letters pop even more, students can add a drop shadow and a small white highlight.
Bubble letters are simply a lettering style where the letters look soft, rounded, and puffy — a little like bubbles. They’re a great beginner lettering project for students who want to make words stand out in a fun and easy way. Because the shapes are so casual and forgiving, there’s no need to worry about every letter lining up perfectly or looking exactly the same.
COLOR TIP: Add an extra layer of color to the drop shadow to make the value darker. Value is one of the Elements of Art, and using a darker shadow gives the letters more definition while creating a nice contrast with the bright white highlight.
Bubble Letters for a Pen Pal in Oregon
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Materials
- Prang Classic Art Markers, Bullet Tip. Special marker formula won’t smudge, bleed through paper, or dry out even after 24 hours with the cap off *affiliate link
- Drawing Paper. Don’t substitute it with copy paper or construction paper. The surface will get fuzzy, erasing might cause holes, and the colors will generally not look as bright. *affiliate link
- Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. *affiliate link
- Black Sharpie Marker, Fine Tip. Great for making a crisp outline to your drawing. Use them when you want your outline show up, but not be so heavy that it detracts from other things. *affiliate link
- Black Sharpie Marker, Ultra Fine Tip. Use them when you need to draw some really fine lines. *affiliate link
Step by Step Directions
Time needed: 45 minutes
Sample of how draw a Bubble Letter
- Draw the large outside curve of the letter A.
- Add the inside, circle and highlight button.
- Draw the drop shadow.
- Trace with a marker and color.
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