22 Easy Solar System and Planets Drawing Tutorials

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It has equatorial rings and a surface covered in wispy clouds. It looks off-kilter compared to Saturn, though… because it is! Long ago, something bumped this planet and tilted it sideways.

On this list, you’ll find detailed portraits of each of the eight planets in Earth’s local group. You can see on this chart how they relate in size and distance.

This satellite has a radio dish and solar panels. In the distance, you can see stars and planets.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the Sun’s rays from reaching the surface of the Earth. This diagram will help you understand these unique phenomena.

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Texture the surface of the round planet with wavy lines and oval-shaped craters.

During its crescent phases, the moon is shaped like a banana or a cookie with a bite taken out of it. This fun drawing imagines it as a character with a smiling face.

For millennia, people have imagined that they can see a face on the moon. This portrait of a crescent moon looks like something out of a nursery rhyme.

Asteroids are rocks in space. This one is round. It is covered in large and small craters, either from impacts or extinct volcanoes.

Real planets don’t need something to stand on, but models do. This classic globe has a stand that allows it to spin on its axis.

Remind your family and friends to turn off the lights during Earth Hour. The lightbulb reminds you that it’s a good idea to protect our beautiful planet.

Venus is the second planet from the sun. Like many of the planets, it is covered in wavy lines - a blanket of clouds. Those aren’t rain clouds, though. Instead of water, they are made from chemicals!

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. It has some craters, but unlike Earth, there are no forests or oceans. Its surface is red because of its rusty iron content.

The sun and the moon seem like opposites and accomplices. A number of cultures have created icons like this one that combine the luminaries of the day and night.

Many galaxies are spiral-shaped. Their long “arms” rotate around the dense gravity at the center of the galaxy, possibly the result of a black hole.

A comet is a ball of ice and rock in outer space. As it nears our sun, it melts and develops a tail. This one must be getting very hot, as it appears fiery!

Saturn is best known as the ringed planet. It has a striped surface and disclike rings around its equator. You’ll find more opportunities to draw Saturn below.

The eight planets of the solar system - have you drawn them yet? - orbit the sun. Make this smiling star the center of your solar system diagram.

As you’ve worked your way through this list, you’ve drawn many planets from afar. Now, you can imagine what they might look like from the surface! A ringed planet like Saturn is on the horizon. Maybe this is one of Saturn’s moons.

Neptune appears to be shrouded in wispy clouds. Like Jupiter below, it has several, large, dark storm spots on its surface.

The moon is Earth’s closest neighbor. It’s not a planet, though it looks much like a small one. It has a round shape and many round and irregularly shaped craters.

Jupiter is a large planet with lots of swirling, curvy lines and one large, conspicuous, stormy spot. If you’re drawing Jupiter alongside the other planets on this list, be sure to make it the biggest!