How to Draw a Potato

Potatoes are a food that forms the basis of many of our favorite snacks and meals, including fried and delicious potato chips! Take the time to celebrate the humble potato in just a few short steps – let’s get started!


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Step-By-Step Images and Instructions

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Start with a thick black pen, and draw a slanted oval shape in the bottom left of your page.


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Add a second shape to the right of this, angled at around 45 degrees.


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Use a black fineliner to add a curved, crescent moon shape to the bottom of the second potato.


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Repeat this shape on the left potato…


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And then add a series of small “teardrop” shapes across the body of both shapes.


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Grab a brown pen, and shade the small details you just drew…


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And then use a brown pencil to shade the rest of the shape.


And there we have it – delicious potatoes ready to create your favorite meal; what could be better than that?

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