Solar system drawing

Are your children fascinated by the shining celestial objects in the sky? Feed their curiosity by teaching them to how to draw the planets in our Solar System! Drawing these planets is a great way to jumpstart their creative and analytical skills. For example, they might ask why planets orbit around the Sun and not the other way around. I’ll list three different types of drawings for each planet in our Solar System (plus Pluto), in order of proximity to the Sun. There’ll also be bonus guides for how to draw the Solar System as a whole. Prepare your Mercury Planet Drawings 1. How To Draw a Simple Mercury Planet Step By Step Let’s start with a simple planet drawing. Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System and the closest to our Sun. This design from Focal Pencil is perfect for developing your toddler’s little hands and fingers because it involves very simple curved lines to create Mercury’s details. Hand your kids some coloring materials and color Mercury, which is seen to be dark grey in appearance. 2. How To Draw Mercury – Easy Mercury has a similar appearance to the Earth’s Moon, possessing many big and small craters on its surface, as seen on this drawing tutorial from Azz Easy Drawing’s channel. Add several lines around the crater to create depth and detail. If you didn’t know, Mercury is named after the eponymous Roman god. 3. Mercury Drawing Video Tutorial Here’s a Mercury sketch from The Art of Music’s channel. The video tutorial is showing us not be afrai...

The solar system is made up of the Sun and the 8 planets that orbit it, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Drawing the solar system is easy once you know the size and order of the planets, and it’s a great way to learn about the different properties of the celestial bodies that Earth shares space with. You can even draw the solar system to Draw the Sun near the left side of the page. The sun is the largest body in the solar system, so draw a large • The Sun is made up of mostly helium and hydrogen gas, and it's constantly converting hydrogen into helium through a process called nuclear fusion. • You can draw the sun freehand, or you can Sketch a larger circle to the right of Mercury for Venus. Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, and it’s bigger than Mercury. Color in Venus with different shades of yellow and brown. • Venus gets its yellowish-brown color from the clouds of sulfur dioxide that cover its surface. However, if you were able to travel through the clouds and look at the actual surface of the planet, it would look brownish-red. X Research source Draw Earth to the right of Venus. Earth and Venus are very similar in size (Venus is only 5% smaller in diameter), so make the circle you draw for Earth just slightly bigger than the one you drew for Venus. X Research source • One reason why there’s life on Earth but not on the other planets in the solar system (that scientists know of) is because of Earth’s distance fro...

Learn how to draw a solar system by following along with this easy to follow drawing guide. I’ve included the orbital paths of each planet to illustrate how the planets move around the sun. This easy solar system tutorial is perfect for fairly young kids looking to learn how to draw. All drawing steps are included here which make it fun and easy to follow! Expect this drawing to take about 20-30 minutes, but the art-making process can actually take more time depending on how large your drawing is. Drawing is much more fun when you have a easy-to-understand lesson to reference. Let’s get drawing! Materials • Pencil • Drawing Paper • Crayons or Colored Pencils • Black Marker (optional) • How to Draw a Solar System Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson) In this lesson, we are going to learn how to draw a solar system with your drawing materials. Be sure to observe the sizes and shapes of each part of the solar system. You can draw the planets in an order but it usually makes sense to draw from the sun outward. Time Needed: 20 minutes • Form The Sun Let’s give life to our drawing of the solar system! First, fill in the sun, Jupiter, and Saturn with shades of yellow and orange. Next, use a dull shade of blue to color Mercury. Now, use a cream colored crayon to shade Venus. Then, use blue and green crayons for our home planet, Earth. Use light shades of blue to color in Uranus and Neptune. For the asteroid belt, use a light gray crayon. Finally, cover the background with a deep bl...