1-2-3 Draw Cool Cartoon Stuff, by Steve Barr 

 

How to draw a...

 
 

 

Draw a cartoon sun

Sun


Draw a Crtoon bone

Bone

 

Draw a cartoon balloon

balloon

 
 
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Sun

1-2-3 Draw Cool Cartoon Stuff, by Steve Barr

Let’s start with something easy! Let’s draw a cartoon sun.
Lightly sketch an oval for the face. Draw a slightly curved line to begin the top of the sunglasses.

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Draw two curved lines for the smiling mouth.
Add two curved lines to complete the sunglasses.

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Draw jagged lines connecting around the outside of the oval.

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LOOK carefully at the final drawing. Go over and darken the lines. Add color. Leave little circles of white in his glasses to look like light is reflecting off the lenses.

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Bone

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You can turn almost anything into a cartoon character. Let’s make a bone come to life!
Lightly sketch two circles touching each other. Add a long curved line at the bottom of each circle.

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Sketch two more circles touching the bottom of each line.

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Draw two ovals for eyes. Darken the bottom part of each eye. Draw four curved lines for a smiling mouth.

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LOOK at the final drawing! Darken the final lines. Add a little color.
What a friendly looking bone! Good job!

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Balloon

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Let’s try a little more complicated drawing. Let’s draw a cartoon balloon!
Sketch a large circle and a small overlapping circle at the bottom of it.

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ASketch two ovals for eyes. Draw two curved lines for a mouth.
Draw a curved line at the bottom of each eye.

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Add another curved line under the mouth. Draw a curved line over the small bottom circle.

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Starting at the top, draw two curved lines inside each eye oval for eyeballs. Add two curved lines to complete the neck.

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Darken part of the eyeballs. Add another curved line inside the mouth. Add a long curving line for a string.

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LOOK at the final drawing! Erase extra sketch lines that you don’t need. Darken the final lines. Add color.Nice balloon, although he seems a little flighty!