One carrot with a tapering root, slight bend and a small fan of leaves attached at the crown. Black and gray fineliner drawing on warm textured sketchbook paper.

Drawing referenceAbout reference use

Carrot fine ink study

One carrot with a tapering root, slight bend and a small fan of leaves attached at the crown. Practice form, overlap and selective shading in fine ink.

Food & drink Medium Fineliner40 min, at your pace

A way into the drawing

Establish the main shapes
Draw the long taper and small crown.
Connect the structure
Attach the leaf stems and a few curved root marks.
Develop the drawing
Use selective interior marks and local shadow groups to explain the overlaps. Keep the lighter planes open rather than shading every surface.

A small thing to tryLet the root marks turn around the carrot volume.