Learn how to draw a great looking Popcorn with easy drawing instructions and video tutorial.
By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Popcorn.
Step by Step Instructions for Drawing Popcorn
How to Draw a Great Looking Popcorn for Kids and Beginners - Step 1
1. Begin by drawing a narrow, flattened oval. This will form the open top of the popcorn bucket.
Drawing Step 2
2. Draw a curved line beneath the oval, following its shape. Connect the line to the oval on both ends. This forms the lip of the popcorn bucket.
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Drawing Step 3
3. Extend two straight lines downward from the lip of the bucket. Connect them at the bottom using a short line, forming the bucket itself.
Drawing Step 4
4. Draw many straight, vertical lines between the rim and the bottom of the bucket. This gives the bucket a classic striped pattern.
Drawing Step 5
5. Enclose a cloudlike, irregular shape emerging from the bucket. Use small, connected "U" shaped lines. This indicates the first of the popcorn within the bucket.
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Drawing Step 6
6. Draw more popcorn, overlapping the rim of the bucket. Again, use short, connected, "U" shaped lines. Overlap them, and add additional texture to the figure by sketching shorter chains of "U" shaped lines.
Drawing Step 7
7. Add more popcorn to the bucket until it looks like it will spill out. Again, use chains of "U" shaped lines to enclose the shape of the popcorn.
Add More Details to Your Popcorn Picture - Step 8
8. Erase the guide lines left by the original oval.
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Complete the Outline of Your Popcorn Drawing - Step 9
9. Fill in any empty spaces within the popcorn using short chains of "U" shaped lines. Enclose two small irregular figures - also using chains of "U" shaped lines - at the base of the popcorn bucket. These shapes are popcorn kernels that have fallen from the bucket.
Color Your Popcorn Drawing
10. Color your popcorn. Traditionally, movie theater popcorn buckets were striped in red and white. The popcorn itself is typically either white or yellow with butter. You can use our eyes drawing tutorial to turn your popcorn into a Shopkins like Poppy Corn.
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Learn More About The Popcorn Drawing
Popcorn is a familiar food, especially at movie theater concession stands. How did it become such? People have grown and eaten corn for thousands of years - including popcorn. Researchers in Mexico determined popcorn remnants they believe to be from 3600 BCE.
Today, it is popular all over the world, especially in North America, South America, and Africa.
During the 1800s, food vendors in America discovered how to pop corn on a stovetop. In American homes, it was consumed as a breakfast cereal, with milk and sugar. It was also threaded onto a string and used as a Christmas decoration.
By the 1890s, a steam-powered popcorn maker had been invented, and the snack was sold from wheeled street carts. Because it was inexpensive, popcorn rose in popularity during the Great Depression.
The first popcorn machine was installed in a movie theater in 1938, and the trend quickly spread. In 1981, popcorn became more popular than ever when the first microwave popcorn bag was invented.
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Have you ever wondered how popcorn pops? Certain varieties of corn have very hard shells or husks. When heated, water in the inner endosperm turns to steam.
The steam produces enough pressure to rupture the hull, allowing the starchy endosperm to expand. The result is the light, fluffy popcorn we know and love.
Did you know? A popped kernel of corn is called a "flake." Rounded flakes are called "mushrooms," while lighter, winged flakes are called "butterflies."
Would you like to draw a bucket of buttery movie theater popcorn? This easy, step-by-step drawing tutorial is here to help.
You will need only a pencil, an eraser, and a sheet of paper. You may also wish to color your finished drawing using crayons, markers, or colored pencils.
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