How to Draw a Burger

Step 1: The puffy top bun

Near the top of the page draw a big round dome, wider than tall, with a nearly flat bottom line.

Tip Make it wide: everything else hangs under it.

Step 2: Sesame seeds

Draw 3 tiny rice-grain seeds in a loose row across the top of the bun.

Tip Tilt each seed to follow the curve. Stay a finger inside the edge.

Step 3: More seeds

Add 4 more seeds in a lower row, staggered between the ones above.

Tip Keep a clear gap between seeds. Leave the bottom of the bun plain.

Step 4: Frilly lettuce

Start at the bun's bottom-left corner. Draw a leaf curl, 5 fat hills across, and a curl back up.

Tip The lettuce hides behind the bun. The end curls poke out wider.

Step 5: Cheese slice

Start under the left lettuce curl. Draw a thin slice across under the hills, back to the lettuce.

Tip Only as tall as the hills are deep. Soft corners poke out wider.

Step 6: Melty drips

Hang 3 melty drips from the cheese line: short, long, then middle-sized. Each comes back up to the cheese.

Tip Each drip is a teardrop, narrow at the top, round at the bottom.

Step 7: The thick patty

From each end of the cheese draw a fat C down and a gently bumpy line along the bottom.

Tip The patty is twice as tall as the cheese. Go behind the drips.

Step 8: The bottom bun

Start under the patty, a finger in from the left. Draw a deep round bowl, back to the patty.

Tip A round bowl, not a flat pill, as wide as the patty.

Step 9: The plate

Start near the top of the bottom bun's left side. Draw a wide flat oval under it to the right.

Tip Add a gentle smile under the bun for the rim. Never draw across it.

Step 10: Sky plate, cream seeds

Colour the plate sky blue and the sesame seeds cream.

Step 11: Tan buns, yellow cheese

Colour both buns tan, around the seeds, and colour the cheese with its drips yellow.

Step 12: Green lettuce, brown patty

Colour the frilly lettuce green, and the patty brown around the yellow drips. Then go over all your lines.