Easy How to Draw an Astronaut Tutorial and Astronaut Coloring Page

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Students can larn how to draw an astronaut with an easy step by step tutorial, and then add their own face within. Makes for a cute portrait!

Astronaut drawing, finished with marker and crayons

The word "astronaut" comes from the Greek words meaning "space crewman." It refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. The term has been saved as the championship for those selected to join the NASA corps ofastronauts who make "space sailing" their career.

If your classroom studies accept a space theme happening, and then this tutorial might come in handy. Information technology's perfect for helping students describe themselves in outer infinite. No need for super complex space suits — this one is piece of cake, but a few light gray lines for shadows give it a cool 3D await. Encourage students to depict the helmet big, and so they will have lots of room to describe the features of their face.

The background also needs to be colored with care. In order to make the white space adjust stand up out, at that place needs to be lots of dark color surrounding it. A blackness or nighttime blue or fifty-fifty dark purple will piece of work, information technology just needs to exist as solid as possible. There are no shortcuts for lots of patient and careful coloring.

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Astronaut Coloring Folio

Materials for How to Draw an Astronaut

  • Eraser. Large ones you can concord in your hand do a much better chore than just the pencil tips.
  • Black Sharpie Mark. These fine point permanent marker pens make prissy black outlines, have a good tip for coloring, and never drain when they get wet. Utilize them with good ventilation and add extra paper underneath to protect your tables.
  • Prang Crayons. These are a bit softer than other crayons so they sometimes look like oil pastels. They also have a some nice brown shades that Crayola does not have unless yous buy their larger boxes.
  • Crayola Crayons. The reliable brand that always works well. The 24 pack has some of my favorite gilded orange and yellow colors that seem a flake richer and warmer than the ones Prang has.

Directions for How to Draw an Astronaut

Time needed:35 minutes.

How to Draw an Astronaut

  1. Describe a U shape with a rim on top.

  2. Add together a helmet and visor.

  3. Describe two symmetrical gloves.

  4. Connect both with bumpy lines to the trunk.

  5. Draw two symmetrical boots.

  6. Connect to the body with bumpy lines.

  7. Add a badge and background.

  8. Draw a face in the visor.

  9. Trace with marker and color.

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