How To Draw A Perfect Sun

Sun Drawing Easy Beginner Drawing Lesson

Today we are going to learn how to draw a sun. We haven't seen the sun around here for what seems like forever. But I'm ready for some sunshine in my life.

Even though doing sun drawings is pretty straightforward and not too complicated as far as drawing them goes, there is still a lot of opportunity to make some really cool drawings. They are a good subject matter to practice different techniques or to work on improving your creativity.

When doing your sun drawings think about what a real sun looks like and what we are used to seeing surrounding it. Then brainstorm ideas about how you can make that more stylized or artistic looking.

You can draw your sun in a cartoon style, or you can make it look more realistic. Make sure you have fun and try out some new ideas and techniques. Don't be afraid to experiment.

So let's get started by looking at the supplies we are going to use to draw a sun.

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Art Supplies

Paper (cardstock)

Pencil

Eraser

Black pen

Bic Intensity Markers

White Gelly Roll pen

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How to Draw a Sun Shape

So, the basic shape of the sun is a circle. But there are so many other things we can do to enhance that circle and make it look more interesting.

We'll start by drawing our circle. You could actually leave your shape as just a plain circle if you wanted to.

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But that seems pretty boring. So let's look at some ways to improve on it. To do this we need to add some rays to our sun. This can be done in a very simplistic way by using straight lines. But again, not very interesting to look at.

How to Draw Sun Rays

Or we can make it much more interesting by drawing our rays a bit more fancy. So let's make your rays with some curves and a bit of thickness to them.

When drawing your sun rays make them have waves and curves with points at the end. Of course these are just suggestions. You can try drawing them any way you like.

Work your way around the circle of your sun drawing similar shapes. It looks better if you vary the size of your rays in a pattern. Don't worry about the shape of your rays being exactly the same. But do try to make them somewhat similar so they look natural.

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Cartoon Sun Faces

You don't have to draw a face on your sun. But for this lesson we are going to add in some cute smiley faces to our sun drawing.

You can change the way your sun looks by drawing the parts of the face different. For example, there are many different ways to draw the eyes. Let's take a look at some examples of what I mean.

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The same goes for the nose.

As well as the mouth.

By changing the way you combine the different elements of the face, you can change how your sun looks.

Group that together with how you draw the shape of your sun, and you have an endless number of ways to complete your drawing. When you are finished with your drawing, go over your lines with a black marker.

Pitt Artist pens work great for this type of work. Use an eraser to clean up any pencil lines.

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How to Draw a Sun with Markers

The next step is to finish up your drawings by adding some color to them. How you do this is up to you, but I like using markers for most of my artwork.

My favorite choice for adding color is the Bic Intensity markers set. They offer a great selection of colors that blend nicely together.

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You can read all about them at, Bic Intensity Marker Review – Fine Point.

How to Draw a Sun Step by Step Art Tutorial

Thank you for stopping by and learning how to draw a sun. I hope you enjoyed this art lesson. Do you have any additional ideas for sun drawings? Don't forget to grab your marker blending freebie to learn how to blend markers. The form is towards the top of the page.

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