How To Draw A Scary Pumpkin For Halloween

 

I'm going to go through the process of drawing a scary halloween pumpkin. (well not too scary this one) This will be the first and near time to every Halloween I'm going to draw a new one and hopefully they'll get more detailed and better over time.

Now to begin with we simplify the process by starting out really basic and we can build up the drawing from there. We need to plan, but not get the rough sketch set in stone, we can alter things as we go along.

We start off with a basic circle, I drew round a suitable old lid to form the shape of the pumpkin quite loosely.

Then we mark in the eyes nose and mouth with teeth, it doesn't have to be perfect, just think of it as a guide for the detailed work to come later.

Then we draw the lines running through the pumpkin that give it that look and maybe make some of the outside lines not as smooth.

Now Just add a few more teeth and clean up the lines for the eyes and the nose.

Now add frown lines on the pumpkin and a stem on the gap at the top of the head.

Now we can go ahead and ink everything we have penciled in and at this stage we can alter some stuff, maybe add more teeth in the gaps if you wish or more detail as you ink all the outlines

Now lets give the whole pumpkin more details and texture, this could mean more gum lines around the teeth and slowly build up the textured rot for skin, with bags around the eyes.

Now we can give the Halloween pumpkin more depth with some shadows with some sketchy looking ink hatching, the shadows are all underneath, so any lighter areas will be left he white of the paper. The obvious areas around the eyes I want the eyes to appear sunken, much like a skull would be and the teeth will have shadows just around the gum line to make the teeth deeply rooted.

Erase all the pencil lines now and then colour the whole thing with a thin yellow acrylic wash (you could use pencil crayons or felt tip markers) Then I use the same golden yellow paint without thinning it down with water and paint the eyes, nose and mouth area just to make it appear more golden like a glow.

Now use an orange paint (pencil or marker) and aim for the shadow areas and the segments of the pumpkin, then take a red colour pencil and start to draw blood drips from the mouth and anywhere you like, make it as bloody as you like, use a stronger red marker if needed, cover the teeth in a few drips here and there.