How to Draw & Shade Spheres and Balls with Drawing & Shading Lessons & Tutorials

How to Draw and Shade a Sphere or Ball – Step by Step Drawing Tutorial

Today I will show you how to turn a circle into a 3-dimensional sphere, ball, or orb. In order to turn a circle into a sphere, you will need to use specific shading techniques to accomplish this. In this tutorial, I use graphite pencils, H, 2B, 3B, and 4B. This lesson will help you learn how to shade a beautiful sphere. 

How to Draw and Shade Spheres

Learn how to draw and shade 3-dimensional balls and spheres to make them look realistic. The following drawing and shading lessons will guide you through the steps to 3-d spheres.

Drawing and Shading Spheres and Spheroids

How to draw and shade spheres, spheroids, and spherical objects.

How to Draw a Sphere or Ball inside of a Bowl

Here is a drawing lesson from an old textbook discussing how to draw a ball or sphere inside a bowl.

How to Shade Spehere and Balls

Learn how to add shadows to a sphere with the following drawing lesson

Drawing Spheres, Circles, and Ellipses

How to Draw and Shade Spheres as well as how to draw circles and ellipses.

How to Draw a Soccer Ball Easy Step by Step Drawing Tutorial for Beginners

Today I'll show you how to draw a soccer ball using guide lines to show you the proper shapes to draw. After you have all the basic shapes drawn, we will show you how to shade the soccer ball properly.

How to Draw a Shaded Sphere

The secret to making a two-dimensional circle look like a three-dimensional sphere is the shading. A light will create a bright spot, with a gradient to darker shadows on the opposite side. Read on to learn how you can master this technique for yourself.

How to Draw Spheres Youtube Video Lesson

While drawing, try to see the object as an image. Be bold with your lines and don't worry about making mistakes. You can always fix them later. Don't worry about the construction lines or smudges.

Make Shapes That Appear 3-D

Once you feel comfortable drawing flat objects, you can make objects appear 3 dimensional, such as spheres.

How to Shade Spheres

A sphere is a good example because all of our elements are present: highlight, shadow, midtones, reflection, and cast shadow. To set up a maquette to draw from, get a ball and shine a table lamp toward it. This is a great way to train yourself to see the different elements of shading.

A Theory of Light and Shade and How to Draw Light When Casting on Spheres

When one light source is present, I was taught the dark side is “always”darker than the light side of the object and the light side is “always” lighter than the dark side. Establishing a definite light side and dark side makes round objects appear round and defines the form of an object accurately.

How to Draw Sphere with Pointillism Technique of Dots

When drawing with pointillism, make sure you don’t draw any lines. Even when you’re drawing wrinkles or eyelashes use a series of points to create the line. It will look more natural than a solid line, which would stand out amongst all those dots

How to Draw a Sphere Video Tutorial

Learning how to draw a sphere accurately is not just about learning how to draw a sphere. It about learning how to draw a form. It is about understanding a light source and how it affects the way we see form. If you are able to draw the form of a sphere, then you are then equipped to draw and define the form of any object. Practice creating a smooth gradation of value when you draw your sphere.

How to Draw Spheres : Video YouTube Tutorial

Drawing ball - how to draw a sphere

How To Draw a Ball (and Cone) on a Table, with Karl Gude : YouTube Video Tutorial

Artist Karl Gude takes you through a quick step-by-step on how to draw a sphere. But you'll love the cone at the end...