How to Draw Cherries in Six Steps
This tutorial shows an easy way to draw cherries with their stems and leaves. It provides step by step examples and instructions.
The cherries shown as the example are drawn in a somewhat simplified way yet are still fairly detailed. As such, this guide can be great if you want to draw something that is not too complicated but at the same time not overly plain.
You should start the tutorial in pencil and make light lines as you will need to erase parts of the drawing in some of the steps. You can darken your lines once you have all parts of the cherries outlined.
Step 1 – Outline the Cherries
Start by outlining each cherry as shown in the example. Draw them slightly tilted towards one another and make each one slightly oval in shape. After outlining their main shapes add the areas that the stem grows out of with a pair of small curves towards the upper end of each cherry.
Step 2 – Draw the Stems
Going up from each cherry draw a pair of stems that lightly curve towards one another until they join together. You will need to erase a bit of each cherries outline when adding these.
Make each stems a little thicker towards the base (near the cherry) and then of fairly even thickness for the rest of it’s length.
Step 3 – Connect the Stems
Draw the little bit at the top that connects the stems together.
Step 4 – Draw the Leaves
Add a pair of leaves growing from the same part as the stems. The leaf on the right is positioned slightly in front of the cherries so you will need to again do some erasing when adding it’s stalk/petiole. The leaf on the left is slightly behind the them so the base of it’s petiole is hidden.
Step 5 – Draw Veins Along the Leaves
Going out from the midrib (the large vein through the middle of each leaf) add the smaller veins. Show these as several curves that get shorter the closer they are to the tip of the blade.
For a more in depth tutorial on drawing a leaf see:
How to Draw a Leaf Step by Step
Step 6 – Color the Cherries
To color the drawing markers or colored pencils can both be good options.
Make the cherries red and the leaves and stems green (you can make the petiole/midrib a lighter green). Make the little bit that the stems/leaves grow out of brown.
When coloring the cherries leave a little white reflection to one side of each of them. This will help show that they have a smooth surface.
Conclusion
This tutorial shows an easy way to draw a pair of cherries. The examples are done in a slightly simplified style to make it easy to follow along. However, they are not overly plain and can help you create nice looking artwork.
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