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How to Draw a Cute Moon

Here is an easy tutorial to draw the moon in an easy and fun way.

We’ll draw a cute moon. We’ll give him a little smile and a few moon craters using the Hello Summer texture bundle.

Take a look at what we’ll be drawing in the video below.

The full tutorial is super quick and takes less than 10 minutes. Use the finished svg design to make t-shirts and baby onesies. Those are always good gifts for friends and are simple to make.

We’ll use Inkscape for this drawing. You can find all of the shortcuts that I use in the video in my Inkscape Ready Set Go! Ebook.

Scroll to the bottom for the free color palette

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Happy Planet Drawing Challenge

This week’s challenge is called Happy Planet. The four lessons are inspired by emojis. Since I love emojis, I picked a theme where you can make your own.

Fun fact – A person would weigh much less on the Moon.

This is the second lesson from the Happy Planet drawing challenge. See the list below to find out what to draw each week.

  1. Week 1 – How to draw the sun.
  2. Week 2 – How to draw the moon.
  3. Week 3 – How to draw the earth.
  4. Week 4 – How to draw a star.

The moon is also an element that works for drawings for any season really. Summer, Spring, Winter, or Fall, it fits in well with any theme. I even have this as part of my Thanksgiving drawing ideas.

cresent moon on a sketch pad

Are you ready to make your own artwork for fun and original crafts? You can make them by signing up to my weekly drawing challenges. Every Friday you’ll be the first to hear about the new challenge. 

We’ll use a color palette that I make for each drawing challenge. Scroll to the bottom of the post and sign up to get it for free.

You’ll become a member of my VIP club and find out about upcoming courses and lessons!

Too busy to watch the video lesson now? I get it, we all have busy lives. By saving it to your easy drawing ideas board on Pinterest, you can watch it later.

moon drawing

Drawing Supplies

Check out the supplies we’ll be using below. You can also use whatever you have if you prefer another program.

Digital Drawing Supplies

Here is a list of digital drawing supplies that I use for all of my Inkscape projects.

This is the same tablet that I used when I started learning how to make graphics and still works great.

The Inkscape Ready Set Go ebook has my favorite essential shortcuts to help you learn the program faster.

They are both easy to use and budget-friendly.

Digital Art Supplies

Inkscape software program

Computer 

Graphic tablet (optional)

Inkscape Ready Set Go! ebook

So Simple SVG Files course

svg textures bundle of grunge and distressed files

Need more drawing tutorials? Take a look at a few from my Summer drawing videos below.

If you like this tutorial and want to save it for later, click the link to pin it to your craft ideas board on Pinterest.

blue moon on a spiral notebook