In this tutorial we will create a realistic painting of a hamburger. We will use gouache as our main medium. Gouache is an opaque watercolor. Typically, when traditional watercolor is used in a painting, transparent washes of color are used and the artist is forced to rely on the white of the paper for lighter details.

Realistic painting - the magic of gouache

Thanks to gouache, it becomes possible to work with both opaque details and lighter and more transparent ones, which can be obtained by adding white to the mixture. This means that gouache can be used like other opaque painting media like acrylic or oils. But since gouache is a form of watercolor, it can also be used in the same way as traditional watercolor, diluted with water.

More about gouaches

Gouache is very versatile and can be diluted not only with special opaque additives, but it also has the ability to restore its properties thanks to water. This makes it truly unique.

Acrylic and oil, once dry, cannot be manipulated. Gouache, however, can be used by adding water with a brush, even after it has completely dried. This property provides the artist with complete control over the development of the painting.

A noticeable disadvantage of working with gouache is that when it dries, it becomes slightly lighter than when we apply it. Beginner artists may have some difficulties because of this.

Gouache can be applied with any type of brush, but most people prefer to work with brushes specifically designed for watercolor painting.

Materials and Process for Drawing a Realistic Hamburger

Two different brands of gouache are used for this tutorial (Winsor and Newton Designers Gouache and Reeve Gouache). There is a big price difference between the two brands. While the quality of Winsor and Newton paints is noticeably better, Reeve paints do a pretty good job.

  1. Gouache Winsor and Newton Designers
  2. Gouache Reeve
  3. Grumbacher Goldenedge watercolor brushes
  4. Arches watercolor paper
  5. Graphite pencil
  6. Eraser

Specific colors used:

  1. Primary red
  2. Basic yellow
  3. Bright red
  4. Moderate yellow
  5. Titanium white
  6. Black ivory
  7. Permanent green
  8. Yellow ocher
  9. Basic blue
  10. Grass green
  11. Burnt Sienna

We'll start the process by drawing the outline lines of the hamburger with an "H" pencil on watercolor paper. We draw only contour lines, without adding shadows or shading.

We'll look at each part of the hamburger individually, drawing them out in detail before moving on to the next step. Let's start with bread. The brown paint is mixed by combining permanent green and primary red, and then lightened with titanium white and a small amount of primary yellow. The yellow ocher strokes are also mixed.

The entire part is first painted in a local color. Lighter shades of color are applied on top of the bottom of the top bun and the top of the bottom bun. Water is added with a brush, promoting smooth color transitions.


The top of the bun is gradually darkened before adding some highlights at the top edge. The shades on the bottom bun also develop further. Added lighter texture strokes and some shadows on each side.


Sesame seeds are added to the top bun, turning it a solid color of a mixture of titanium white and yellow ochre. Some shadows are added from below and slightly diluted with water.

Added to the local color of the tomato is a red mixture created by combining primary red and bright red. The color is then refined using darker and lighter shades of the local color.

Once the tomato is complete, the local cheese color is added. A mixture of primary yellow and medium yellow is used.


Darker and lighter shades of cheese are added and then mixed using a little water, which we add with a brush.

Mix the dark brown color and apply to both pieces of beef. Several layers of lighter tones of this color are applied on top. Some are more concentrated and mixed with yellow ochre, burnt sienna or primary red.


We will then develop extreme dark tones for both cuts of beef. Much darker colors, created by mixing ivory, are added to the top and bottom of each piece. Add clusters of highlights near the center of each bun. In order to make the meat more realistic, you can add darker splashes of pepper.


The lettuce color is created by mixing titanium white, grass green and a drop of permanent green. Cover the entire lettuce leaf with this color before adding some yellow-green in the lighter areas.

We detail the lettuce color scheme by adding darker versions of the local color in areas where shadows are needed and in more highlighted areas.


We draw the veins of the lettuce and add highlights, especially along the edges of each leaf.


Blend some areas on the tomato with water before adding shadow under the hamburger. A mixture of brown, ivory black and base blue is used for the shadow and a little water is applied to wash the color out a bit, allowing it to fade slightly.


Now our hamburger looks pretty good and appetizing. Are you hungry?


A tasty and appetizing hamburger can be made at home from simple ingredients and snacked on at a convenient time. But it will be much more interesting if you learn to draw it with colored pencils.

Such a product consists of many ingredients and it is very important to show them in a picture so that it is immediately clear what exactly is included in it. The essential parts of any hamburger are: sesame seed bun, lettuce and meat ingredient.

Necessary materials:

  • — black marker;
  • - eraser;
  • - paper;
  • - colour pencils.

Drawing steps:

  1. Draw a hamburger from the top part, where half of the bun is placed. This is the top of the hamburger bun. Therefore, you should draw sesame on it. Place fresh lettuce leaves underneath.

  1. Under a layer of lettuce leaves are pieces of ham with layers of meat. We will place a tomato under them. To do this, draw it in the form of a strip.

  1. Add a small flat cutlet after the tomato. Again the tomato will come after it. Next, fill the space with pieces of delicious cheese, which has melted a little and lies beautifully on the bottom row of hamburger ingredients.

  1. Under the cheese there will be another small flat patty and a layer of lettuce. Let's finish creating the hamburger. Therefore, let's finish drawing the last ingredient - the bottom part of the bun.

  1. The overall silhouette of the hamburger is ready. Therefore, you can safely take colored pencils and start coloring the drawing. Let's take pencils from beige to dark green. We use them to paint two parts of the hamburger bun.

  1. Use red and dark brown pencils to create a natural tone for the tomato pieces.

  1. Use a yellow and orange pencil to color the layers with the melted cheese. The edges and outline can be done using a brown pencil.

  1. We take green pencils and color the lettuce leaves so that they look natural.

  1. Finally, color the flat cutlets using a red light brown and dark brown pencil.

  1. The final finishing touch will be drawing the outline with a black marker. We do it very carefully.

The step-by-step drawing of a hamburger with colored pencils is completed. You can add a plate under the finished dish or small wrapping paper, like in famous fast food establishments.

Hamburger drawing with colored pencils. Fast food is very popular in America: hot dogs, corn dogs, hamburgers and cheeseburgers. You can easily prepare them yourself or buy them at one of the fast food establishments. In addition, adults and children can easily draw them in a short period of time. Let's take a hamburger for this lesson, which will consist of a plump bun with sesame seeds, greens, tomato and a patty.

Materials and tools for drawing an American hamburger:

  • colored pencils for coloring;
  • a simple pencil for sketching a drawing;
  • liner;
  • paper.

Hamburger drawing - step by step lesson

Steps to drawing a hamburger on a piece of paper:

Sketching the shape

Draw two vertical lines in the center of the sheet. We leave a fairly large distance between them. Then we connect the two lines with arcs, which we draw at the top and bottom.

  • Making a sketch hard pencil;
  • We try to get into shape right away;
  • Use an eraser to remove the extra lines.

So, the outline of the hamburger is ready.

Refining the outline

We begin to shape our future hamburger with delicious toppings:

  • First, draw the outline of the cut bun at the bottom and top;
  • Next, add fresh lettuce leaves;
  • Remove extra lines.

Detailed outline is ready

Adding realism

We designate the layers of the hamburger and draw:

  • Thin slices of cheese and a large cutlet;
  • Tomato with lettuce;
  • Add small sesame seeds to the top of the bun;
  • We carefully and accurately distribute the layers;
  • We make the final outline with a liner or felt-tip pen.

We get a finished linear contour

We begin to fill the finished form with color

Let's start coloring the hamburger, take out colored pencils or markers:

  • First, color the lettuce leaves in the hamburger with a light green pencil;
  • Next, we pick up a couple of other shades of green pencils;
  • Add shadow and volume to the leaves;
  • Now we use the yellow sand shade of the pencil to color the fresh bun, as well as the slices of cheese.

ready for the next step.

Strengthening the main volume

We introduce new colors that enhance light and shadow contrasts:

  • We use dark shades of brown pencils;
  • We achieve realism, enhance the round shape of the buns;
  • Place a drop shadow on the cheese.

Final touches

We continue to introduce color into the hamburger drawing to get volume and the desired shade.

  • Paint over a large slice of tomato with a red pencil;
  • Brown color indicates cutlet;
  • Now we finally work out the entire drawing with a black pencil to get a shadow.

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“Two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame bun!”
- McDonald's adverts from the 1970s

Many people love hamburgers. Although the exact origins of this fast food sandwich are unknown, it is likely that German immigrants introduced the food to the United States during the 1800s, where its popularity spread. Its name is a demonym, or comes from the city of Hamburg, Germany. Today, fast food and fine dining restaurants serve hamburgers all over the world.

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While there are familiar fast food chains around the world, their offerings are often slightly different. For example, in New Zealand or Pakistan, your burger might have a fried egg on top. In Japan, Korea or the Philippines, you can buy hamburgers with buns made from steamed rice and pressed into patties. The burger itself can be made from beef, tofu, shrimp or squid. In some countries, beef is not eaten, so you may find chicken or vegan burgers instead. And in Mexico, in addition to avocados, your Hamburgues maybe ham.

The largest known hamburger weighed over 2,000 pounds. The largest item you can buy at the restaurant is called the Absolutely Ridiculous Burger, which weighs about 200 pounds and takes twelve hours to prepare. The most expensive hamburger in the world costs almost $800 and is made with Kobe beef, lobster and Italian prosciutto.

Want to draw a big juicy hamburger? Now you can, with this simple, step by step guide on drawing. All you need is a pencil, an eraser and a piece of paper. You can also use colored pencils, markers, or colored pencils to shade your finished drawing.

If you liked this tutorial, see also the following drawing tutorials: Cake, Ginger Bread Man, and Pie.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing a Burger

1. Start by drawing an oval. This forms not the top or bottom, but the middle of the hamburger - the patty.

2. Draw a long, curved line underneath the oval, connecting to it on opposite sides. This gives the patty a three-dimensional appearance.

3. Draw another long, curved line underneath the shape, connecting to the patty on opposite sides. This forms the bottom of the hamburger bun.

4. Draw a large oval across the top half of the patty. This will become the top half of the bun.

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5. Erase the guide lines from the bun.

6. Draw some toppings on the hamburger. From underneath the top bun, extend a pair of curved lines that meet at a point. Draw a line down the middle and you have a lettuce leaf. Next, draw some tomatoes. Using two curved lines, draw a semicircle inside the semicircle. Draw dots to indicate seeds. Then draw an irregular shape using a series of connected U-shaped lines.

7. Draw more lettuce and tomatoes. Draw the leaf shape using short, curved lines that connect at jagged points. Then enclose the semicircle within another semicircle decorated with seed-like dots.

8. Next you will draw more lettuce and a piece of cheese. For the cheese, enclose triangular shapes coming from under the filling and two different points. Draw a line across each, parallel to one side of the triangle, to give the cheese a three-dimensional appearance. Erase the guide lines as needed. For the salad, use curved lines that meet at sharp points.

Hello! Another drawing lesson dedicated to the culinary theme is waiting for you, and we will draw, as you have already seen, a hamburger.

A sandwich desired by many gourmets, it is a chopped meat steak, cutlet or other meat product placed in a cut bun. As a rule, the filling of hamburgers includes not only meat, but also onions, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms or other goodies.

Sometimes hamburgers are made double, triple, quadruple, and so on - today we won’t draw such an extreme, we’ll draw a regular hamburger with two pieces of meat, thin rectangles of cheese and crispy lettuce. Let's start the lesson and learn how to draw a hamburger!

Step 1

First, let's outline the outline of the hamburger. It looks like a square with smooth corners.

Step 2

Our hamburger is quite tall - it has two meat patties and three pieces of bun. Now we will mark the location of these meat cutlets with stripes. If you focus on the center, then the top cutlet will be located significantly above it, and the bottom one will be significantly below. Both strips should curve slightly and run parallel to the bottom edge of the bun, and therefore the entire sandwich.

Step 3

We draw the contours of the lettuce leaves and slices - they diverge greatly in width and have uneven, triangular edges.

Step 4

Outline the contours of the cutlets, outline the wavy edges of the greenery. We also mark the round edges of the tomato rings.

Step 5

We outline the entire drawing, draw sesame seeds on the top of the bun. Let's apply the texture to the meat, and then move on to the shadows. The light falls on the hamburger from the right and from above, which means we will shade the lower left part. The essence of applying shadows comes down to shading the areas we need with single-layer and double-layer shading. Don't forget to cast a shadow on the surface of the table. Very appetizing, a well-known hamburger lover would definitely appreciate it (although he is, nevertheless, more of a specialist in