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How to Draw a Football - Easy Things to Draw

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Channel: Sketch Monster Art · 2012 · People & Blogs

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How to Draw a Football - Easy Things to Draw

Here we will discuss how to draw a football. We will discuss different methods to draw a football to develop some better understanding of some skills of good drawing. In this method we learn how to draw a football as follow:

First, make a big shape that looks a lot like an almond, or even an eye. Next, make two horizontal lines at each end of the football. These are the painted white lines on every football. Next, draw a straight diagonal line down the center of the football, and move along to the last drawing step. You will now draw in the laces on the diagonal line you just drew in step two. Clean up the mess, and you're done. Look it here, you have a nice football that is ready to be colored in and used on the field.

In the next method let’s see another example of football drawing as follow:

This is just an example sketch of how a football should be sketched out when drawn in an action or in a thrown state. Notice that the football on the top has more lines that almost look like fine hair strands. The football on the bottom has fewer action lines. 

Here I explain the basics of a football design. For example, there should only be eight laces on top of the ball, there are about four stitched areas of the football, and the white pained bands on a football can either go all the way around the circumference of the ball or stop at the stitch. If you are going to draw a football with tattered areas this is how you should do it. You have to make sure that you sketch in those scuff marks, faded paint strips, dirt stains, and even some small tears. Now let’s get started. Draw a slanted or angled straight line like you see here. If you are going to be drawing your footballs from a horizontal point of view, draw your line straight across your drawing space. 

Use that single line to draw out the shape of the football like you see here. Easy to do right? Draw one stitch lines from point to point like so, and then draw in the patch that will be home to your lace lines. Remember, laces out! For the last drawing step draw out one lace that has been stitched eight times, and then color them in. 

You will then draw out the two bands on each end of the football and then begin erasing the one guideline and mistakes that you drew. Here is what the final drawing looks like when you are all done. Now you can go ahead and color it in, but don't forget to sketch in those pebble-like bumps on the skin of the football if you are going for a realistic look.

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