Draw a Bucket
A bucket is a good drawing exercise for learning perspective. It's a simple shape, but with a dimension that's helpful to learn. You'll improve your drawing by learning to draw a bucket. See Step One for more specific instructions.
Steps
- Draw an ellipse or oval, horizontally.
- Draw two lines slanting inwards from the edges of the ellipse.
- Draw a curve connecting the bottom of the two slanted lines. This curve follows the bottom half of the ellipse that started the bucket.
- Draw a circle and a loop for a handle. Remember that the handle goes outside the bucket, and that you can't see the part of the handle that's behind the bucket.
- Put some liquid in the bucket. The liquid follows the top curve of the bucket and goes all the way to the front edge.
- If you want, try adding some shading and shadow to the bucket. Decide which side the light is on, then darken parts more that are further from the light.
- Finished.
Tips
- Use a pencil to draw the initial shape if you want to be able to erase. Then, darken and color however you want.
- You can use a ruler if you cannot draw straight lines.
- Draw BIG! It's easiest to control and see what you're doing, that way.
- If you'd like to draw a mop to go with your bucket, make a stick with a circle on the end. Then, add some sprawling strings.
- If you struggle with handwriting, use a pencil grip to help you.