How to Draw an Eggplant
Using seven really simple steps, I’ll show you how to draw an eggplant that, despite its simplicity, will still look very convincing.
How to Draw an Eggplant: Introduction
In this interesting drawing lesson, you will learn how to draw an eggplant step by step. This tutorial will help you learn new drawing skills that will be useful to you in the future.
Eggplant is a tender perennial plant of the nightshade family, grown for its edible fruits. Eggplant comes in many different colors and sizes, from the common large, teardrop-shaped purple variety to long and skinny Asian varietals.
Drawing an eggplant will be easy and interesting, there will be no difficulties here. So let’s start a lesson in which I will tell you how to draw this vegetable.
Eggplant Drawing Tutorial
Materials
- Pencil
- Paper
- Eraser
- Coloring supplies
Time needed: 20 minutes
How to Draw an Eggplant
- Sketch a round base shape.
First, sketch a simple circle, which will act as the rounded bottom part of the eggplant. Don’t worry about making it perfect, lightly sketch the shape until it feels fine. Move your pencil in quick, light loops rather than trying to force a single rigid outline.
- Draw the eggplant elongated body shape.
From the top of the circle, sketch two long curved lines that move upward and slightly taper toward each other. These lines will form the body of the eggplant and create its characteristic elongated shape. You can compare this step to sketching a stretched teardrop shape.
- Form the irregular edge near the stem.
At the narrow top of your sketch, draw the jagged crown-like edge where the eggplant connects to the stem. My advice here is not to make the pattern too symmetrical, nature rarely produces perfect shapes, and a few uneven edges make the illustration feel more natural.
- Add the leafy cap above the edge.
Above the jagged edge, sketch a curved, leaf-like form that covers the top. This is the leafy cap that secures the eggplant stem. As with any other smooth or rounded shape, first outline the shape with a very light touch, then darken with a bolder tone.
- Draw the eggplant stem at the very top.
On top of the leafy cap, draw the stem, that should be short and thick. Eggplant stems are not straight, so you can give it a slight curve to make this park look more natural. The stem should appear as an extension of the vegetable, not a separate piece. You can adjust the width and length of the stem.
- Erase the guidelines and adjust the curves.
Now trace over the entire eggplant shape, improving and adjusting the lines. Also, remove all unnecessary guidelines. If you did everything right, at this point, you will have an almost finished eggplant drawing that can stand alone as a black-and-white drawing.
- Add purple for the body and green for the stem.
With the outline finished, move on to coloring the drawing of an eggplant. Paint the main part body of the eggplant with a deep purple tone. For the leafy cap and stem, use green shades. To make this vegetable look more voluminous, add highlights to the top parts and shadows to the bottom.
Additional Content
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