How to Draw Blueberries in 6 Steps
This step by step tutorial shows how to draw blueberries in a small bunch. It also shows how to add a few leaves to make the drawing look nicer.
Blueberries have fairly uncomplicated shapes without too many small details making them reasonably easy to draw. To make the process even simpler this guide show how to create the drawing step by step and how to give the berries their characteristic look.
Start the tutorial in pencil and be sure to make light lines that are easy to erase in case you need to make a correction. Darken them later on with a black pen or marker once you have all parts of the blueberry bunch outlined.
For drawing other kinds of berries in a similar style see:
Step 1 – Draw the Outer Shapes of Each of the Blueberries
Make the blueberries very slightly oval in shape. The ovals don’t need to be perfect as some unevenness will make them look more natural.
First draw the blueberry in front, next draw the one slightly behind it and finally the one at the back.
Step 2 – Draw the Outer Shapes of the Leaves
Draw the leaves sticking out from behind the blueberries (there will be five in total). For this step you can draw each leaf with just two curved/wavy lines. Also try and give them fairly pointy tips.
For drawing another type of leaf see:
How to Draw a Maple Leaf in 4 Steps (Easy)
Step 3 – Draw the Tips of the Berries
You can indicate the tips of each of the berries with another series of “ovals” Technically these are circles but because they are being viewed/drawn on an angle they will appear to be oval in shape.
The positions of the tips will indicate which direction each blueberry is facing in. Generally you will want them to be facing slightly away from one another so try and place the tips as shown in the example.
Step 4 – Draw the Small Details of the Berries
Around the ovals from the previous step draw a sets of petal like shapes. You can place five in total around each one. These should basically look like stars with curved edges. Inside the same ovals draw some tiny inner ovals (almost just dots).
Once done you should have all of the parts of each berry outlined.
Step 5 – Draw the Leaf Details
For the last little bit of details add the midribs of the leaves. You can show each of these as a single curved line running from the base of each leaf towards the tip (but no touching it).
Once done with the leaves you can go over your drawing with a black pen or marker. Alternatively you can also just darken the liens with the pencil.
Step 6 – Color the Blueberry Drawing
To color the drawing you can use pretty much any medium you like (paints, colored pencils, markers, etc…). Make the leaves green and make the berries blue but leave small white (or light blue) spot in each berry to show little reflections. It can be a good idea to lightly outline the reflections before coloring so that you don’t accidentally go over them.
Finally make the tips and the surrounding “petals” a slightly darker blue. Some easy options for doing this are to just press harder on a blue pencil (if that’s the coloring method you used) or to lightly shade these parts with a regular pencils.
Conclusion
While the the berries in this tutorial are somewhat simplified they still definitely look like blueberries. Even a simple or stylized drawing of an object can be easily recognizable when done correctly.
Hopefully you’ve found the drawing instructions in this tutorial helpful and easy to follow.
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