Apple Drawing Ideas

How to draw an apple step by step

An apple is one of the easiest fruits to draw, because almost every shape here starts from a single circle. The trick is leaving room at the top for the stem and a leaf before you add anything else.

1. Draw a circle for the body. Keep the line light so you can adjust it.
2. Add a small dip at the top where the stem will sit, so the apple does not look like a plain ball.
3. Draw a short curved stem coming out of the dip, and a simple leaf beside it if you want one.
4. Round off the bottom slightly rather than leaving it perfectly circular. Real apples are a little uneven, and that makes the drawing feel more natural.
5. Add any extras last, like a face, a bow or a worm poking out of a hole.

Darken your final lines at the end and rub out the guide shapes. That last step is what makes a drawing look finished rather than sketched.

Which apple should you start with

If this is your first apple

Start with the simple apple or the apple with a leaf. Both are just one circle with a stem, so you are only thinking about one shape at a time.

If you have drawn fruit before

Try the apple with a worm, the apple with glasses or the apple with a small crown. The apple stays simple and you are adding one small character detail, which is a good way to make a drawing feel finished without more difficulty.

If you want a challenge

The sliced apple and the apple cut into wedges are the hardest here, because you have to draw the star shaped core and the seeds inside. Draw the outer curve first in both, and the inside details follow.

What you need

An HB pencil, plain paper and an eraser. A 2B pencil helps if you want darker final lines. Nothing on this page needs a tablet, a light box or special paper, and none of these were drawn with any.

Three things that make an apple look like an apple

• The top is too round. A real apple has a small dip where the stem sits. Skip the dip and the shape reads as a ball or an orange instead.
• The stem is too thick. Keep it short, thin and slightly curved. A thick straight stem looks more like a handle than a fruit stalk.
• The bottom is perfectly round. Flatten or soften the bottom curve very slightly. A perfectly round bottom looks stiff and less like a real apple.

Ways to use these drawings

Copy any of these by hand, or download and print them for yourself, for your children or for your classroom. They work as colouring sheets, tracing practice, a warm up before a bigger drawing, or line art for a card. The apple with a heart and the apple with a bow both suit greeting cards. If you want to use one in something you sell, write to us first.