How to Draw a Shooting Star

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Learn how to draw a great looking Shooting Star with easy, step-by-step drawing instructions, and video tutorial.

By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Shooting Star.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing a Shooting Star

How to Draw a Great Looking Shooting Star for Kids and Beginners - Step 1

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 01

1. Draw three "V" shaped lines, connected end to end. These lines form the upper three points or arms of a five-pointed star.

Easy Shooting Star Drawing - Step 2

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 02

2. Draw two more "V" shaped lines connected to the first. This fully encloses the shape of the star.

Easy Shooting Star Drawing - Step 3

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 03

3. Draw a curved line from the uppermost point of the star. Attach it to the star's arm.

Easy Shooting Star Drawing - Step 4

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 04

4. From the tip of that same arm, draw a long curved line. This will form the shooting star's streak or tail.

Easy Shooting Star Drawing - Step 5

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 05

5. From the star's opposite point, draw another long curved line. Allow it to meet the previous long line at a sharp point.

Easy Shooting Star Drawing - Step 6

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 06

6. Draw a curved line from the remaining bottom point of the star. It should meet the existing lines at a point.

Easy Shooting Star Drawing - Step 7

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 07

7. Draw another long curved line from between the star's arms. This line should also meet the junction of the previous lines at a point.

Add More Details to Your Shooting Star Picture - Step 8

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 08

8. Within the outline of the original star, draw another, smaller star. The lines of this star should run parallel to the lines of the original star.

Complete the Outline of Your Shooting Star Drawing - Step 9

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 09

9. Draw multiple small stars and circles around the shooting star.

Color Your Shooting Star Drawing

How to Draw a Shooting Star Step 10

Color your shooting star. In nature, shooting stars often appear white, yellow, or green. In popular culture, they can be any color you can imagine, so be creative!

If you thought this star drawing guide was far out, check out our impossible star, galaxy, earth, moon, and night sky drawing guides.

For more great Drawing Ideas tutorials, see the 100 Drawing Ideas for Kids post.

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Learn More About The Shooting Star Drawing

"When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you."
- "When You Wish Upon a Star," 1940

What is a shooting star? Also known as falling stars, these streaks of light are scientifically called meteors.

Meteors are caused by meteoroids - rocky or metallic objects entering earth's atmosphere from outer space.

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Friction with the atmosphere causes the light we see through incandescence, and the heat often burns up the stone.

However, if the rock reaches the ground, it is then known as a meteorite.

Shooting stars have been known since ancient times. However, they were not then thought to be cosmic in origin - instead, they were thought to be an atmospheric or weather phenomenon, like lightning.

It was not until a large meteor shower took place over the United States in 1833 that science began to take notice, and realize that the light show originated beyond the earth.

The classic Disney song "When You Wish Upon a Star" is translated as "when you see a shooting star" in some languages.

From where did the act of making a wish upon seeing a shooting star originate? Likely, it can be traced to ancient religions that worshiped stars as deities, similar in some ways to the act of prayer.

According to the mathematician Ptolemy, shooting stars were dropped by the gods as they peered down at the earth.

The Greeks believed shooting stars to be disembodied souls, and Christian mythology has at times assigned them the role of fallen angels.

Would you like to wish upon a shooting star? Now, you can draw one, with this easy, step-by-step star drawing tutorial.

All you will need is a pencil, pen, or marker and a sheet of paper. You may also wish to color your finished drawing.

If you liked this drawing tutorial, see also the following guides: Galaxy drawing, Earth drawing, and Moon drawing.

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