How to Draw a Cube in 5 Steps

Learn How to Draw a Cube in 5 Easy Steps

If you want to become a better artist, learning how to draw a cube is a great place to start. This beginner-friendly tutorial will show you an easy way to draw a simple 3D cube in 5 steps. Once you’ve mastered the cube, drawing things like treasure chests and rocket ships becomes much easier.

Step 1: Draw 3 Lines

Whenever I’m drawing a cube, I start with 3 lines. All three should be parallel and the same length. Draw the middle line slightly lower than the outer lines.

Not super important, but…

Cubes have 6 sides that are all the same size. So, make sure you keep that in mind when you’re drawing your cube. Making the lines different lengths or distances apart can give you a different shape entirely.

Step 2: Connect the Bottom Lines

The next thing I usually do is draw the bottom of the cube. Draw two lines to make the bottom of the cube.

Step 3: Two More Parallel Lines

On the other side of the cube, draw two more parallel lines.

Step 4: Give the Cube a Pointy Hat

The top of the cube kinda looks like a pointy hat. It’s basically a triangle without the bottom line.

It helps to sell the 3D illusion if you keep all the lines parallel.

Step 5: Details

Draw some seemingly random lines and dots. This gives a little bit of texture to our cube, and helps to give some visual interest. You can use these same techniques when learning how to draw other things like submarines and potion bottles.

Bonus Step: Color and Shade

Pick some cool colors. I went with blue and green (my fav colors).

Then you know the usual…

Pick a light source and keep it in mind when you do the shadows and highlights.

Oh wow!!! Your cube looks pretty good. I think you learned how to draw a 3D cube, good job! Pretty soon you’ll be better than me.

Now that you know how to draw a cube, try learning other fundamental shapes like a sphere or cone. Once you’ve mastered the basic forms, drawing things like rocket ships and treasure chests become much easier

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