Spider Web With Spider Drawing

Learn how to draw a spider web with an easy step by step tutorial. For some extra fun try, a white pen on black paper makes them really stand out!

How to Draw a Spider Web

A drawing of a spider web, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial. It's easy to make lots of variations.

Have you ever wondered why some spider web drawings look so much more real than others?

Well, it's obvious that they follow a pattern, but I think the difference is when someone tries to draw them too well. As in, all perfectly straight lines with perfectly even spaces in between them. They just tend to look TOO geometric, and have none of the little irregularities that "real life" spider webs have.

The three best tips to follow to draw your best spider web?

• Put away any rulers and draw these free hand. Wobbly lines will only make them look more real.

• Draw the rings that go around the center dot with a slight drape to them. It will make them look like they have some weight to them.

• Add just a bit more space between the rings as they go away from the center.

That's it. Once students have that formula down, I recommend experimenting with all the cool markers around these days. Especially those that work well on black paper. Some of the more inexpensive metallic markers for kids work as well as those more expensive white pens.

It's fun to mix up materials from time to time, if the budget allows. Drawing white lines on a dark black sheet of paper is a completely different experience than black on white. It kind of heightens the senses of what it's like to draw a line. And increasing a level of awareness about drawing is always a good thing.