How to Draw a Football: Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial, One Frame at a Time
Older lines stay soft gray. The newest line in each frame shows in coral, so you always know what's new.
Draw the top edge
Draw one long curved line for the top edge of the football.
Draw the bottom edge
Add a matching curve underneath to close the pointed football shape.
Add the left stripe
Draw one short curved stripe near the left end.
Add the right stripe
Draw a matching curved stripe near the right end.
Draw the center seam
Add one short straight seam along the upper middle of the ball.
Add three laces
Draw three evenly spaced lace marks across the center seam.
Finish the laces
Add one more lace mark at each end of the existing laces.
Add the tip contours
Draw one small curved contour line near each pointed tip.
What you'll need
Pencil, eraser, paper — then crayons, markers, or colored pencils to finish.
Tip for grown-ups
Let each new coral line stay light until the drawing is done, then trace the final outline in black.
Your Finished How to Draw a Football: Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial
The completed pencil sketch, then the same drawing colored in.
Finished Line Art
Trace over your favorite lines and erase any extra pencil marks.
Colored In
Color it any way you like — this is just one idea.
Take it offline
Print all 8 steps on one worksheet and draw along with a pencil, away from the screen.
