How to Draw Perfect Circles with Drawing & Shading Lessons & Tutorials

Drawing Circles and Ovals in Perspective

Learn how to draw ovals and circles in perspective in order to make your drawings look more realistic

How to Draw Objects and Figures Using Circles and Ovals

Learn how to draw figures & objects with circles, ovals, and ellipses with the following drawing tutorials.

Drawing Circles in Perspective

Using Checkered Squares, it is easy to draw a perfect circle...even in perspective. This is an easy techniques for drawing circles perfectly in perspective.

Drawing Foreshortened Circles : How to Draw Circles at Angles ... Which Then Look Like Ellipses / Ovals

Drawing a Circle When Turning it Left or Right, or Tipping it Forwards or Backwards

Drawing Spheres, Circles, and Ellipses

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

Drawing a Circle in 1 Point Perspective

To draw a circle using linear perspective, it is best to start with a square. The diagram shows a top view and a perspective view of a circle drawn in one-point perspective. After you have established a horizon line, then create a square that bounds the edges of the circle that you wish to create. Follow this step by step procedure to make convincing cirlces in perspective.

Drawing a Circle Through 3 Points

Geometry construction using a compass and straightedge

How to Draw a Circle

Should you ever want to draw a circle and have no compasses at hand or should you want to draw a larger circle than you can with your compasses tie a bit of strong thread to a pin, make a loop in the string at whatever length you want the radius - that is half of the diameter of the circle - to be.

How to Draw a Circle

Although there are many ways to draw a perfect circle, some work better than others in certain situations. Here are a few techniques; you pick your favorite!