Draw slices of cheese into any picture quickly and easily.
People who work in art draw a lot of common household items in cartoons, animated drawings and still-life drawings. Sign painters or people who create menus commonly use food items on signs or menus for restaurants. Cheese is a common household food that is used in many homes and restaurants, so understanding the basic concepts for drawing cheese is a good idea for professional or amateur artists. Drawing a round cheese or a large slice of cheese is simple for anyone using a few basic techniques.
Instructions
Round Cheese
1. Draw a 6-inch oval on the center of the page using the dark lead pencil with the long sides horizontal. Draw a 3-inch vertical line coming down from the left side, and a second 3-inch vertical line coming down from the right side.
2. Connect the bottoms of the 2 vertical lines using a curved line that follows the shape of the bottom of the circle above it. This creates the bottom of the cheese and gives the cheese a rounded shape.
3. Shade around the bottom of the cheese in a curved motion with the dark lead pencil. Make it darker on the left side and lighter on the right side.
4. Draw several different-sized circles all over the top of the first circle's surface. This gives it the look of Swiss cheese. Shade in the left half of each of the circles with the light-colored lead pencil. Let the shading get lighter as it gets to the right side of each circle. This makes shadows, so the drawing looks 3-dimensional.
Cheese Wedge
5. Draw a 2 inch by 4 inch rectangle on the center of the page with one of the 2 inch ends tilted towards the left corner. If the rectangle is a little crooked, it's okay.
6. Place the pencil on the top left hand corner, and draw a triangle on top of the rectangle shape. Make the peak of the triangle about 2 inches above the left-hand side of the rectangle. Shade inside the triangle shape, making it darker at the top and lighter at the bottom.
7. Draw a bunch of different-sized circles around the cheese shape. Shade in the left half of each of the circles with the light-colored lead pencil. Let the shading get lighter toward the right side of each circle. This makes the cheese look 3-dimensional.
