Chapter 1 | ORBIT AROUND THE SUN

An oval looks like a stretched circle.

The orbit with which our earth orbits the sun is also a slightly stretched circle.

Exercise 1: Draw a sun. Draw ovals around it as if you were the Earth or one of the planets orbiting the sun.

Exercise 2: Watch the video in which I demonstrate how to draw larger and smaller ovals, like planets closer and further away from the sun. Try to copy the exercise. Make the rotational movement from your arm. Gently slide your hand over the paper on the pinky side, keep your wrist still and your fingers relaxed.

Exercise 3: The shape of a circle, small or large, always remains the same. Ovals can do much more: they can be rounder or flatter and point in all directions. Draw different kinds of ovals, flatter and rounder and in different directions.

Keep your arm and wrist relaxed. Make sure you don’t hold the pencil too close to the tip and don’t squeeze your pencil. For these kind of basic skills, also see the lesson ‘Handy drawing tips part 1 chapter 2‘.