How to Draw Bottles

Drawing of two bottles.

When decorating your home, it is nice to display your own artwork. Learning how to draw bottles could result in a neat piece of art for your kitchen or living room. Drawing bottles can be done by just about anyone with these simple steps and illustrations.

Things You'll Need

• Bottles
• Pencil
• Paper
• Eraser

Instructions

1. 

   Taking a picture of what you are drawing can often help. While an image is not always best to draw from, it also gives you the ability to take what you are drawing with you and can perhaps get a different perspective than what you would get sitting in front of the item. Taking pictures also lets you try many arrangements of the bottles so that you can more easily choose the arrangement you like best.

2. 

   Begin by drawing the outline of the bottle closest to the front of the bottle arrangement. Do not worry about adding any detail, just try to outline the general shape of the bottle. Remember that bottles are usually round, so make sure to curve the bottom of the bottle and the mouth to give the illusion of roundness.

3. 

   Draw the full outline of the second bottle, even if it is behind the other bottle. This allows you to get the correct shape of the bottle without having to guess where the second bottle ends behind the first bottle. Use short strokes to get the shape of the bottle that you want, and use lightly drawn lines.

4. 

   Use your eraser after you have the bottles outlined in a way that is pleasing to you. Erase the lines of the second bottle that are meant to be behind the first. Also, look back over your outline and erase any extra lines, or extra thick lines, that you believe do not belong.

5. 

   Fill in the outline of some of the details of each bottle. Refer back to the actual bottles to see where details show up on each bottle or come up with your own details. For instance, if you do not care for the sticker on the front of the actual bottle, you could draw your own or leave it off completely.

6. 

   Go back over the lines you have made to make each line darker when you are satisfied with the placement of the lines you have drawn. This helps to define the lines for when you add the little details.

7. 

   Add the final details to finish your drawing. Add the words on the bottle as well as some shading. Shading gives the illusion of light and can help give your bottles the appearance of a round shape.

Tips & Warnings

• Draw with a pencil so that you can erase any mistakes you make.