How to Draw a Cone in 6 Steps

Learn to Draw a Cone in 6 Easy Steps

If you want to become a better artist, learning how to draw a cone is a great place to start. Cones are one of the fundamental shapes used in drawing and can help you draw cool things like rocket ships, ice cream cones, and even puffer fish. So keep reading to learn how to draw a 3D cone in 6 easy steps.

The final cone drawing:

Step 1: Draw a Triangle

Simple shapes make drawing, well, simple. They are the foundation of almost every drawing you’ll do. That’s why step one of learning to draw a cone is to draw a triangle.

Step 2: Make the Bottom Curved

After you’ve drawn the triangle, erase the bottom line and replace it with a curved line. Now it’s starting to look like a simple 3D cone.

Step 3: Add Details to the Cone

The next step is to add some scratches and dots to the cone. This just helps to give the cone a little texture and visual interest.

Step 4: Color the Cone

Pick a color, any color, and color in the cone. I went with one of my favorite colors, blue.

Step 5: Shade the Cone

Time to shade the cone. Start by picking a light source. My light is coming from the top left. So I shaded the right side of my cone. This step really helps to make the cone look 3D.

Step 6: Highlight the Cone

Keep the light source from earlier in mind when you highlight. Mine was coming from the top left. So I’ll add some highlights on the top left.

If you actually read this, that’s cool! If you only looked at the pictures, that’s cool too. I appreciate your time either way. I hope this tutorial helped you learn how to draw a 3D cone.

If you want some other fundamental drawing tutorials, check out How to Draw a Cube, and How to Draw a Sphere.

You can also use what you’ve learned here to draw rocket ships, puffer fish, and obviously ice cream cones.

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