Keep in mind that you won’t see all of the oval once you fill your basket with fruit.

To make a shallow bowl instead of a deep basket, draw a narrow crescent below the oval.

To give your basket edge a woven look, make the ring for the base extend along the length of the basket.

The distance between the 2 ovals will depend on the size of your drawing. For example, your ovals might only be about 1⁄4 inch (0. 64 cm) apart.

If you don’t want your basket to have a handle, you can skip this step.

If you don’t want to make the basket look woven, use a pencil and blending stump to shade the bottom and 1 side of the basket. A blending stump is very helpful when you draw with pencil or colored pencil. Instead of blending the colors with your fingers, you can blend them with a blending stump. [7] X Research source You can use a gentle circular motion, or apply gentle pressure and move it left and right or up and down to blend. [8] X Research source Refer to a real basket or photograph of a fruit basket in order to get ideas for the basket weave or style.

Draw the apples so they overlap a little and keep in mind that apples near the front of your basket will appear larger than ones that are tucked in the back. Practice drawing apples that are pointed in different directions so you see the stem on some or the bottom end on others.

If your oranges are tucked into the basket, make the upper half that are closer to larger than the ones near the back of the basket. If your oranges are placed on top of other fruits, make them completely round.

If you’d rather put the bananas in the middle of the basket, draw a cluster of them in the center. Remember that a cluster of 4 or 5 bananas are attached by the stem.

To make the cluster look more realistic, draw a thin line between some of the grapes, which will look like a stem that’s connecting them.

To add detail to the pineapple, make cross hatches with a small dot in the center of each space.

For example, if the light is coming from the left of the basket, draw the shadows on the right. You can lift graphite from the paper by rubbing a clean blending stump over the graphite. This is useful if you’d like to highlight a spot on a piece of fruit.