Holidays · A drawing idea for little artists
How to Draw a pumpkin patch: Overlapping Pumpkins and Size Changes
Explore pumpkin patch through four selected drawing stages. Focus on overlapping pumpkins and size changes and a textured crayon finish.
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These 4 pictures show selected moments from the drawing. For every step in between and a guide on your canvas, get the full lesson in LittlePaper.
What you will learn
Practice pumpkin patch with attention to overlapping pumpkins and size changes.
Shapes and proportions
Place the larger rear pumpkin between two lower foreground pumpkins and curve the grooves around each body.
A common mistake
Grooves continuing across another pumpkin confuse the overlaps.
How to fix it
Finish each visible pumpkin boundary before adding its internal curved grooves.
This pumpkin patch study focuses on overlapping pumpkins and size changes. Place the larger rear pumpkin between two lower foreground pumpkins and curve the grooves around each body. The exercise is about keeping these visible shapes readable before adding small marks or color.
These are four selected stages, not a complete stroke-by-stroke sequence. Blue guide lines mark additions in the source images. Compare the pictures for the overall shape changes; use the complete LittlePaper lesson for the smaller steps between them.
A few things to start with
Paper, a pencil and crayons matching the example. Leave room around the drawing for proportion checks before making the outlines darker.
A little peek at the drawing
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Selected stages · The complete drawing sequence is in the app.
Shapes, character & color
A look at the drawing stages.
Try the shape tips below on paper. When you’re ready to draw along with each small step, continue in LittlePaper.
- 01Selected stage
Selected stage 2: early shapes
This picture shows source stage 2 of 5 for pumpkin patch, not the next single stroke. Place the larger rear pumpkin between two lower foreground pumpkins and curve the grooves around each body. Compare its unfinished edges with the complete outline shown later.
Selected stage 2: early shapes · Preview image 1 of 4 - 02Selected stage
Selected stage 3: building the outline
This picture shows source stage 3 of 5 for pumpkin patch, not the next single stroke. Finish each visible pumpkin boundary before adding its internal curved grooves. Compare its unfinished edges with the complete outline shown later.
Selected stage 3: building the outline · Preview image 2 of 4 - 03Selected stage
Complete outline: overlapping pumpkins and size changes
Compare the finished pumpkin patch outline with the earlier selected stages. Grooves continuing across another pumpkin confuse the overlaps. Finish each visible pumpkin boundary before adding its internal curved grooves.
Complete outline: overlapping pumpkins and size changes · Preview image 3 of 4 - 04Selected stage
Crayon color: warm orange, green, brown
Use the colored pumpkin patch example to compare the palette after checking the outline. The visible palette includes warm orange, green, brown. Keep repeated parts consistent and let small light flecks preserve the crayon texture.
Crayon color: warm orange, green, brown · Preview image 4 of 4
A little practice goes a long way
Make room for your own ideas.
The example uses warm orange, green, brown. Keep matching limbs and repeated parts in a consistent palette. Use light overlapping crayon strokes so the inner outlines stay visible. Finish each visible pumpkin boundary before adding its internal curved grooves.
The next little step is yours
Like the idea?
Let’s make it together.
Open the “Draw a Pumpkin Patch” drawing idea in LittlePaper for the complete sequence. Follow a guide, pause when you need, and add your own colors.
Download LittlePaper from the App Store, then open the drawing idea inside the app.
Every step, at your pace.
See the full drawing sequence. Pause, replay, and take another look whenever a shape needs practice.
A guide where you draw.
Trace on the canvas, then try your own lines with a finger or Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad.
Make it yours. Keep the making.
Add crayon color, replay your creation, and give your picture a home in a digital 3D book.
