Black and gray marker drawing of a tilted kiwi half with an open cut face, ten seeds and a thick curved outer edge on pale textured sketchbook paper.
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Kiwi fruit study

Practice drawing kiwi fruit with clear contours and a few selected details. Place a smaller pale oval center inside the cut face. Add a sparse ring of small seeds and a light gray accent below the cut rim.

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A way into the drawing

  1. Start with the main forms

    Draw a tilted oval and a second curve for the outer edge.

  2. Build the overlaps

    Place a smaller pale oval center inside the cut face.

  3. Choose the finishing details

    Add a sparse ring of small seeds and a light gray accent below the cut rim.

A small thing to tryFollow the tilted oval when spacing the seeds instead of arranging them on a flat circle.