YU Can Do It: Realistic Popsicle Drawing Tutorial

With the warm weather we've been having these past few days, it's hard to ignore that summer is in full swing. Staying cool is undeniably many people's current priority, and so what better way than a popsicle than to achieve that?

Welcome back YU Can Do It, a series where we teach you how to draw realistically, with any art tools and any level of experience. In other words, it's realism that anyone can do!

Today, we'll be teaching you how to easily draw a realistic popsicle that'll make you look oh so cool when you show it off to friends and family. This project can be done in any medium you'd like, so take your preferred pick, follow step-by-step with us, and don't forget to let us know what your final drawing looks like!

Step 1

To begin, we'll need to draw the body of our sweet treat. This should look like a big rectangle with a rounded top. This part of the tutorial is hard to mess up, but if your rectangle looks wider or thiner, don't fret! Your final product will look similar nevertheless.

Step 2

What's a popsicle without its stick? This shape should look similar to the body of the iced desert, but upside down. Draw a thin rectangle connecting to popsicle's body, and draw a rounded bottom part.

Step 3

Once we have our general outline, it's time to have some fun: let's add colour ! This is a step-by-step process, and we will begin by blocking out our colour. For a typical firecracker popscicle look, I have chosen blue, white, and red as my primary colours, but this is the perfect drawing to use your creativity! Split the body of your popscicle horozontally in three equal parts. Draw the top part in one colour, the middle part in another, and the bottom part in a third. Note that since I am making my middle part "white," I will draw it in a very light beige-ish grey. In real life, nothing is fully "pure white," and shadows must always to be taken into consideration! Draw the popsicle stick in a darker beige. As part of this step, very slightly blend the three colours so they don't look flat.

Step 4

It's time to shadows! You will need various colours to do this, and specifically a darker shade of each colour you have used in step 3, plus a dark grey. Begin by drawing two verticle bands of a darker colour for the blue, white, and red of the popscicle. This will mimic the characteristic ridges of the treat. Then, add shadow to the right side of the popscicle in a darker grey. Shade the popsicle stick also, and don't forget to bled everything in thoroughly!

Step 5

For the last step of the tutorial, add in few areas of highlight, as shown below. For extra credit, take a darker brown colour and draw little ridges on the popsicle stick to create a wood effect. Once this is done, we have a beautiful popsicle artwork that will impress everyone you show it to!

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Summer is the best time to make art, so why not give this drawing a try? There's no better way to enjoy this time of year, so have fun, and get artsy!