Practicing simple round forms is important for beginners, and here you’ll learn how to draw a tomato to practice this skill.

How to Draw a Tomato: Introduction

In this tutorial, I will show you how to draw a tomato. This lesson is one of the simplest, but at the same time interesting. The tomato is a great drawing object. This vegetable is very popular and we always use tomato in the ripening season, we also constantly use tomato processed products – tomato paste, sauce, or ketchup.

There are many recipes where tomato is used, this ingredient gives the finished dish a pleasant taste and a beautiful rich color. Undoubtedly, you will enjoy drawing this vegetable, especially since it is very simple to do it.

You can paint a tomato, for example, bright red, or you can paint it pink or yellow, these varieties also exist. If you want the tomato to look more realistic, then add shadows and highlights.

Tomato Drawing Tutorial

Materials

Pencil
Paper
Eraser
Coloring supplies

Time needed: 15 minutes

How to Draw a Tomato

Sketch a large oval shape.
Since a tomato is basically round, the first step is to outline its body with a large oval or circle. Make the outline slightly irregular, not a perfect circle, because real tomatoes usually have gentle bumps rather than being geometrically perfect.
Add the first leaves on top.
On top of the tomato, draw several pointed shapes that spread to the sides like a star. These represent the small green leaves, also called sepals, which sit beneath the stem. Each leaf should be drawn with a smooth curve that ends in a pointed tip. Vary the angle of each one so they don’t look identical.
Sketch the rest of the sepals.
To complete the leafy star, continue adding more pointed shapes until you have five or six leaves radiating from the tomato’s top. Each can overlap slightly with the others so the pattern feels natural. Keep them fairly thin. Try to arrange the leaves evenly around the center.
Draw the tomato stem.
At the very center of the leaves, sketch a short upward stem. Use a narrow curved shape that rises up, then give it a rounded top. The stem should be much smaller than the tomato itself. You can also curve it a little to one side rather than straight up.
Correct the vegetable’s sketch lines.
Before coloring, it’s important to check the entire tomato drawing and smooth out the lines. Erase any construction marks or doubled strokes that may have built up while sketching. Go over the main outline of the tomato and make them cleaner. Be careful not to erase the important details.
Add natural tomato colors.
Tomatoes are known for their bright red or pink skin, so fill the main body with a red tone. The small leaves and stem should be shaded green. If you like, you can make the stem a darker green to separate it from the leaves. Adding a small highlight can make your tomato look more realistic.

Easy Tomato Drawing Tutorial

Outline the main shape of the tomato by sketching a rounded form with a gentle dip at the top. Keep the outline smooth but slightly irregular so the fruit does not appear as a perfect circle. Add the leafy crown by drawing several pointed shapes, then place a short stem in the middle.

When adding the leaves, vary their length and angle. Erase any rough construction lines, leaving only the clean outline. For coloring, use a rich red for the tomato body and green for the leaves and stem.

Easy Tomato Worksheets

Conclusion

Now you have learned how to draw a tomato and you have seen that it is really very simple. You can use the acquired skills to create other drawings. For example, you can draw some tomatoes and add some more vegetables, for example with the eggplant drawing tutorial, or some fruits, for example with the apple drawing tutorial. The result is a beautiful still life.

You can share your impressions of the lesson in the comments. Also, write down what other vegetables you would like to draw. I will take into account your wishes when drawing up new lessons.