3D Tricks, ages 8 to 12
How to draw The Floating Cube
Turn a square into a solid cube with three slanted lines, all parallel, then shade its top, front and side. Last comes the trick: a shadow on the ground, far below, and your cube floats in the air.
- Level
- Easy
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Steps
- 7
- Ages
- 8 to 12
How to draw The Floating Cube
What you need
- Paper Plain printer paper is perfect.
- Pencil (HB) For light first shapes you can erase.
- Black fineliner 0.5 mm, or any black pen.
- Eraser A soft white eraser.
- Coloured pencils Any set; sharpen them first.
Step by step
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01Big shapes
A square face
Lightly draw a square in the upper half of the page. This is the front of your cube.
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02Construction
Three slants back
From three corners, draw short slanted lines going back, all pointing the same way and all the same length.
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03Construction
The far edges
Join the ends with a level line and an upright line. The back of the cube is the same square, just further away.
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04Details
Ink the cube
Ink the outside edge of the cube with a firm line, then the three inside lines that meet at the square’s top-right corner.
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05Details
Erase the pencil
Wait for the ink to dry, then gently erase every pencil line, including any ends that stick out past the corners.
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06Colour
Three faces, three pressures
Colour the top lightly, the front a bit harder and the side hardest, because the light comes from the top left.
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07Finishing touches
Make it float
Well below the cube, shade its shadow: the same slanted shape as its bottom, slid to the right, away from the light.
Ages 8 to 12
