Whitney Ryan
Whitney Ryan
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Illustration

Free Tutorial: How To Draw Shoes

  • by Whitney Ryan @whitney_ryan

Elevate your sketching skills with this easy shoe drawing tutorial—perfect for beginners and aspiring artists.

This is the ultimate guide to stepping up your drawings-literally! Whether you're a doodling dynamo or a complete beginner, this step-by-step tutorial will walk you through the process of drawing shoes that are so cool, they'll practically walk off the page! So, grab your tools and let’s lace up our creative kicks—it's time to put your best foot forward and start drawing shoes like a pro!

Drawing the soles
Drawing the soles

Step 1:
Imagine you’re drawing the impression left by the soles of the shoes.

Drawing the soles
Drawing the soles

Step 2:
Then double that line, to build the shoes soles.

Drawing the body of the shoes
Drawing the body of the shoes

Step 3:
Next we construct the actual shoe.

Adding details to the shoes
Adding details to the shoes

Step 4:
Continue by adding thickness to the material, as well as other elements (all highlighted in red).

Drawing the laces
Drawing the laces

Step 5:
Now it's time for the shoelaces.
Follow the shoelace pattern shown, and adapt it on the shoes.

Final details
Final details

Step 6:
Add the final details like sewing marks, and edge to the lace holes, texture on the rubber etc.

Add whatever colors you like
Add whatever colors you like

Step 7:
As a final touch add shading.

Shoes are an essential part to rounding out any character drawing and putting those final touches to really complete the whole look and vibe! This tutorial will help you practice drawing the basics of sneakers and then you can start to play around with the colors, shapes and design when you master that!

Feel free to follow the PDF or video tutorials as well:

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