tutorial:

Pineapple Drawing

how to draw a PINEAPPLE

This is a great tutorial for beginners and more experienced artists alike, as all of the basic drawing elements and full coloring process will be covered!

creating a PINEAPPLE drawing

STEP 1: drawing the MAIN BODY

Locate the center of your drawing area and lightly draw an oval shape. Here, you can decide on the scale of your own drawing.

step 2: ADD THE LEAFY CROWN

When drawing the leafy crown, be sure to sketch it with spikes and to make it quite tall, but not taller than the actual body of the pineapple.

STEP 3: OUTLINE THE MAIN BODY

Use your lightly sketched oval to guide you when drawing the outline for your pineapple. Be sure to sketch the outline with some spikes. 

step 4: CREATE THE TEXTURE

Between each line, add the braces and spikes to create texture. Draw these lines one at a time.

STEP 5: DRAWING THE BOTTOM LEAVES

Using the construction lines that were drawn in step 2, sketch the bottom stem with individual leaves, right underneath your crown.

step 6: OUTLINE THE LEAFY CROWN

Above the bottom stem leaves which you have just added, continue drawing larger and less curved leaves around the tall crown.

STEP 7: ADD TEXTURE TO THE CROWN

Within both the crown leaves and stem leaves, start to draw several fine lines in each leaf. Don’t forget any leaves at this stage!

step 8: apply the 1st coat of color

Select a shade of paint that falls between the colors orange and yellow, and evenly paint the main body of your pineapple.

STEP 9: CONTOURING AND SHADING

Using a small soft brush, take your light green paint and lightly add some tone around each brace of your pineapple’s body.

step 10: APPLY THE 2ND COAT OF COLOR

Using a small soft brush, select an orange or light brown color to lightly blend each brace that you added shading earlier.

STEP 11: shading and highlighting

With a soft brush, use some white paint to fill in the spikes on the pineapple’s body. After, lightly blend several dots and lines of dark purple within these spikes.

step 12: color the crown again

Return to your leafy crown. With a soft brush and some dark green paint, gently add a darker shade to the inner part of the crown’s leaves.

STEP 13: apply the last coat

Once your second coat of paint is dry, we will be applying our very last coat of color to your pineapple’s crown.

step 14: shading and highlights

With a soft brush and black paint, apply some shading between each layer of leaves in the crown to create a realistic shadow between each leaf.

STEP 15: FINISH UP THE DRAWING

In the final step, you will be using a fine sharp brush and the corresponding colors for each section to trace the outline of your entire pineapple drawing.

Click Here

Read Our Full Tutorial On Our Pineapple Drawing Here!