Apples and mangoes are two of the most delicious fruits to draw — and they're perfect for practising rounded shapes, smooth shading, and bright colours. This guide covers both fruits together. Parikshet shows you how to draw an apple and a mango step by step.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Red, green, and yellow markers
  • Brown for the stems
  • Black pen for outlines

How to Draw an Apple and a Mango Step by Step

  1. Apple — draw the body — a rounded shape with a small dip at the top and bottom. Apples aren't perfect circles; they're slightly heart-shaped.
  2. Add the stem and leaf — a short brown stem rising from the top dip, with a small green leaf beside it.
  3. Shade the apple — add a highlight (bright spot) where light hits, and slightly darker shading on the opposite side to make it look round.
  4. Mango — draw the body — an oval shape that's slightly flatter and curved on one side, like a kidney bean or a plump teardrop.
  5. Add the stem — a tiny stem at the narrower end of the mango.
  6. Shade the mango — mangoes are often a blend of green, yellow, orange, and a blush of red. Add a highlight and blend the colours.
  7. Add detail — a small dimple where the stem meets the mango.
  8. Colour — red or green apple, and a yellow-orange-green blended mango.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: The secret to making fruit look real and juicy is the highlight — leave a bright white spot where light hits each fruit, and shade the opposite side darker. This simple light-and-shadow makes the apple and mango look round, three-dimensional, and good enough to eat.

🌟 Did You Know?

There are over 7,500 varieties of apple grown around the world — in every shade of red, green, and yellow! Mangoes are even more special in some places: the mango is the national fruit of India, Pakistan, and the Philippines, and India grows more mangoes than any other country. Mangoes have been grown for over 4,000 years and are sometimes called 'the king of fruits'.

Drawing Fruit: Key Tips

  • Slightly imperfect shapes — real fruit isn't a perfect circle
  • Highlight spot — a bright spot where light hits
  • Shading — darker on the opposite side for roundness
  • Blended colours — especially for the mango's mix

🎯 Try This: Draw a Fruit Bowl

  1. Draw your apple and mango.
  2. Add a banana, some grapes, and an orange.
  3. Arrange them in or beside a bowl.
  4. Add highlights to every fruit to make them all look juicy.