How to Draw A Crescent Moon Step by Step

Step by Step Guide

The crescent moon is arguably one of the prettiest sights you’ll ever see in the night sky. It makes the sky look even more beautiful and surrounds everything with serenity. If you want to draw a crescent moon, you need to bring in its charming look to it. To do that, you can do what I usually do while drawing a crescent moon, and take a step by step approach, gradually working out the details and the overall appeal.

To draw a crescent moon, you start with a full circle and then erase the parts you don’t need. After that, you work out the details, and the craters on the moon. Then, to add the finishing touches, you use a dark pencil to sharpen the outline, and you’re done.

Draw a circle

Use a compass if you need to draw the circle.

Add the crescent shape

Cut a crescent shape on the left side of the circle.

Erase a bit

Erase the opposite part of the crescent.

Add a few details

Draw small ovals on the top of the moon.

Keep going

You are doing great so far. Keep drawing.

Some more designs

Keep adding the small oval shapes.

A few more near the bottom

Draw the shapes a bit downwards now.

Almost there

Just a couple of more steps.

Final touches

Use a dark pencil to add the final touches to your drawing.

And color

The drawing is done. Time to color your moon.