Lesson 2 of 12 · 10 min

Circles and ellipses

Cups, eyes, wheels, plates: round things are everywhere, and they’re mostly ellipses.

1Ghost the circle a few times in the air, then let the pencil touch down while your arm is still moving.
2Go around two or three times, lightly. Keep the best one.
3An ellipse is a circle seen at an angle. The more you tilt it away, the thinner it gets.

Try it today

Draw a row of ellipses that go from a full circle to a thin line, then draw a cup from above and from the side.