An apple starts as a circle that dips inward at the top, with a short stem and one leaf added last — eight steps in all.
Did you know that an apple a day keeps the doctor away? Apples are highly nutritious fruit with numerous health benefits. They’re high in antioxidants and fiber. Eating them has been associated with a lower risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Apples can help you lose weight and boost your stomach and cognitive health. Through apples, you can make yummy snacks like apple shakes, and juice, you can also mix them with fruit salad.
So, what are we waiting for? Let’s now draw one of the nutritious fruits on earth. By simply following the 9 step tutorials below.
How to Draw an Apple
Materials
- Pencil
- Paper
- Coloring Material
Instructions
Step 1: Draw the Body
Let’s start our apple by drawing the basic shape. Draw a big perfect circle on the center of your paper. This will be the body and the foundation of your drawing. You may use a cup or anything to trace a perfect circle.
Step 2: Add Details
We are done with the foundation of your drawing, now let’s add details inside the circle. This will help your drawing to form the exact shape of the apple. Inside the circle, on the upper portion, draw a wavy line from the left side of the circle to the opposite direction.
Step 3: Add More Details
This time we will be working on the bottom part of your apple. Draw a small curved line on the bottom part at the center of the circle. You will observe this in the bottom part of your apple.
Step 4: Remove Extra Line
It’s time to erase the lines that are not important to your drawing. On the upper portion of the apple, erase the curve line on the top of the wavy line that you’ve drawn in step 2. Then, on the bottom part erase the lines in the curve line area.
Step 5: Draw the Stem
The next thing that we need to do is to draw the stem of the apple. Draw a short curved vertical line on the top center of the apple. This will serve as the stem of your apple. Make sure that this stem is connected to the top portion of the apple.
Step 6: Add Details
In this step, we will add details to our stem to make it thicker. Draw another short curve vertical line beside it, then enclose it with a short horizontal line. Make sure to put a space between them to the line.
Step 7: Add the Leaf
Fruits are empty without a leaf around them so, let’s add a leaf to your drawing. On the left side of the stem, draw a not-so-perfect oval shape with a pointed tip of it. Your apple looks good with a small leaf on the side.
Step 8: Finish up!
Congratulations on reaching the last step of our tutorial. Are you excited to color your apple? Feel free to choose your favorite color for your apple. A color that will bring your drawing to life. After that, paste it into your living room or in your refrigerator so that your family will see it. And congratulate you on a job well done.
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Make it easier for a younger child
Skip the leaf and the dip at the top. A plain circle with a stem still reads as an apple, and it gives a young child a finished drawing in three lines.
Turn it into a cute cartoon apple
Widen the bottom of the apple slightly so it looks like it is sitting down, add a small oval highlight on one side, and draw the leaf curling up rather than lying flat.
Use the finished outline for tracing and colouring
An apple outline is one of the easiest shapes to trace because it is a single closed curve. Print it large and it doubles as a template for cut-out paper apples.
Questions parents ask about drawing an apple
How many steps is it, and can we stop partway?
It is 8 steps, and they are meant to be stopped partway. Each step adds one shape to a drawing that already looks like something, so a drawing put down after the main body shape is still a finished picture rather than an abandoned one.
What supplies do we need?
A pencil, an eraser and paper. The eraser does more work than the pencil here — several steps put down a guide shape and rub it out once the real line is drawn, so start light.
Which step is hardest when drawing a apple?
The dip at the top where the stem sits. It is a shallow curve inward, and it is easy to make it too deep, which turns the apple into a heart. Keep the dip no wider than the stem itself.
Should we use pencil, or go straight in with crayons?
A pencil first, then colour over the finished lines. Crayon and marker cannot be erased, so a guide shape drawn in marker stays in the picture — which matters in a tutorial that rubs out guide shapes as it goes.