How To Draw A Beer Mug
Are you a budding visual artist looking for a new challenge? Drawing a beer mug can be an immensely satisfying endeavour, allowing you to show off your creativity and bring an item of bar room culture to life under your own strudel. To help you get started we’ve compiled the ultimate guide to drawing beer mugs – just don’t get too tipsy while you’re at it.
Materials Needed
All you’ll need to draw a beer mug is a sheet of white A4 paper, a sheet of tracing paper, some pencils (HB, 3B and 6B grade) and a rubber eraser for making corrections. Oh, and of course a beer mug. Knowing where to start is often one of the main hurdles you’ll face when dabbling in drawing for the first time, so use the mug as a reference and try to sketch it freehand from the get go.
Getting Started
Start mapping out the outline of the mug by using the six B pencil. If you find this a little daunting to begin with, you could place a sheet of tracing paper over the top of the beer mug and use that to sketch the outline of the mug more accurately. Once you are happy with the overall shape of your beer mug, introduce some finer, softer details.
Adding Details
Adding some detail to your beer mug drawing can elevate it considerably. Start by drawing the handle and the base of the mug with your HB pencil. Then, use darker tones of your 3B pencil to bring out finer detail inside of the mug. Don’t forget to add some shading to the base and handle too, to add some tactile quality to your drawing.
Finishing Touches
Give the beer mug an authentic finish by going over it with your 6B pencil. This will give it the depth and contrast that you need to make it look realistically ‘frosty’, and will also help to bring out any details that you have created along the inside of the mug. Now, use your eraser to tidy up anything that you’re not happy with and voila!
