How to Draw a Cone Shape
If you are just starting to experiment with drawing, remember to start small and to master the basics. Unless you are a gifted artist, you will not be drawing masterpieces right away. The building blocks of art are shapes. One-dimensional shapes, such as triangles and circles, can be used to create moderately compound shapes, such as cones. Cones can be drawn using the principles of triangles and circles, with some shading to give the cones their form.
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Instructions
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Draw an oblique circle on your paper. An oblique circle is flattened out; it looks less like the circle of a sun and more like a pancake sitting on the plate.
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Find the center of your oblique circle and draw a faint dot. Draw a faint line with your pencil from the dot to a point on your paper above the circle; this point will become the top of your cone. Your cone will be longer or shorter depending on how far you draw the line from the dot at the center of the circle. You want the line to be faint so you can erase it later.
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Start at either the left or the right side of the oblique circle and draw a line at an angle until it reaches the end of the line that you drew in Step 2. This will become one side to your cone. Repeat this step by drawing a line starting at the opposite side.
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Use an eraser to remove the top of the oblique circle, the line from the center of the circle and the dot in the center of the circle. You should have a shape that looks slightly like a pyramid that has a rounded bottom.
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Create a third dimension to your cone. Imagine a light source is shining on it. The cone will be brighter on whichever side you imagine the light shining. On the opposite side, shadow is present. Shadow will add texture and shape to your cone. Create shadow by shading in roughly half of the cone with the side of your pencil. Start at the bottom corner of the cone opposite to the light source. Holding your pencil on its side, shade in the cone from the corner to just behind the midpoint of the cone. Work your way up the side of the cone, decreasing the amount of shading as you near the top of the cone. This will give your shape an almost three-dimensional appearance.
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