How to Draw a Glass of Water
This is a lesson on how to draw a glass of water. If you take this lesson, you will gain useful skills. At the end of the lesson, you will receive a free PDF file with a short version of the guide.
Once you have completed all the steps in this glass of water drawing tutorial, you will be able to start drawing more complex objects.
Table of Contents
- Basic information
- Steps on how to draw a glass of water
- Additional content
- Alternative drawing techniques
- Tips for improving your drawing
- Conclusion
Basic Information on How to Draw a Glass of Water
Especially for children and beginners, I have prepared a simple lesson on how to draw a glass of water. The instruction includes seven steps that you can easily follow, even with little experience in drawing.
The figure shows a standard-shaped transparent glass of water beaker filled almost to the brim with clean water. In this lesson, you will once again practice drawing straight lines. Your task is to correctly draw the outer contours.
A glass of water has a cylindrical shape. If you have to draw any cylindrical object, then at the beginning of drawing you must determine the central axis of the object. To do this, you need to draw a straight vertical line. At the initial stage, I recommend that you use thin lines, which can later be easily corrected or removed.
The upper and lower contours of the glass of water are smooth ellipses. I draw your attention to the fact that the side contours of the ellipses should not be sharp, but should have smooth rounded contours. This is a mistake many new artists make, but I hope you will be careful and do it right.
Materials
- Pencil
- Paper
- Eraser
- Coloring supplies
Steps on How to Draw a Glass of Water
Time needed: 30 minutes
How to Draw a Glass of Water
- Draw the sides of the glass.
Depict two straight lines at some distance from each other.
- Depict the top outline of the glass.
Between the two upper ends of the straight lines, carefully draw an even ellipse.
- Add the bottom outline of the glass
Draw a curved connecting line at the bottom of the drawing.
- Sketch out the outline of the water.
Draw an even ellipse at the top of the glass.
- Draw the thickness of the side walls of the glass.
Depict straight lines along the side contours of the glass, as shown in the example.
- Add the thickness of the bottom of the glass.
At this stage, sketch out the thickness of the bottom of the glass.
- Color the drawing.
For coloring, you will need different shades of blue.
Additional Content
By tradition, at the end of the lesson, I prepared a PDF file for you, which contains a brief instruction and additional training materials. Download the file so you can return to the lesson at any time if necessary.
Alternative Ways to Learn How to Draw a Glass of Water
I have already shown you how to draw a glass of water, and now for you to practice again, I suggest taking a lesson in drawing a glass. I have prepared two ways for you to draw a glass: an empty glass and a glass with juice.
Method 1: How to Draw a Glass for Kids
This method is one of the simplest, because here the glass is empty, and the instructions consist of only six easy steps. The most important thing in this lesson is to draw even ellipses so that the glass has the correct shape.
Method 2: How to Draw a Glass for Kindergarten
This picture shows a glass with a pink drink. Additionally, you see a straw that is convenient to drink from. It will be very easy to depict this. There are no complicated lines and any budding artist can easily follow this step-by-step tutorial.
Tips for Improving Your Drawing
If you wish, you can make your drawing of a glass of water much better. For example, you could do the following:
- Draw a still life with a glass and all other objects. For example, an apple and a vase.
- Add highlights on the surface of the glass and a shadow near the glass. There is a tutorial about this on my website.
With these simple guidelines you will learn how to draw a realistic glass of water.
Conclusion
So, you have successfully completed the lesson in drawing a glass of water. With this simple instruction you have acquired useful skills and will be able to easily draw any glass if necessary.
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