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How to Draw a Hemisphere
Draw a hemisphere in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the big arch.
Step 1: The big arch
Start low on the left. Draw a big rainbow arch, like half a circle. Stop level on the right.
Tip A hemisphere is half a ball. Make the arch as tall as half its width.
Step 2: The round bottom
Start at the arch's left end. Draw a gentle smile curve under it. Stop at the right end.
Tip The curved bottom is the edge of the flat round base. It makes the shape look solid.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
In the middle draw 2 big eggy eyes, close together. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a shine.
Step 4: Big smile
Leave a gap under the eyes, then draw a wide U smile from under one eye across to the other.
Step 5: Rosy cheeks
Under the outside of each eye, clear of the smile, draw a small sideways oval for a rosy cheek.
Step 6: A shine
High on the left of the hemisphere draw 1 short curved shine line, like light bouncing off a ball.
Step 7: Sparkles
Draw 2 sparkle stars on each side of the hemisphere, one high and one low.
Step 8: Shadow and floor
Draw a flat oval shadow round the hemisphere's bottom. Add a floor line out from each side of it.
Step 9: Yellow sparkles, pink cheeks
Go over your lines. Colour the 4 sparkles yellow and the 2 cheeks rosy pink.
Step 10: Grey shadow
Colour the shadow under the hemisphere grey.
Step 11: Teal hemisphere
Colour the whole hemisphere teal, around the pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white. Your hemisphere is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hemisphere, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
