Many moon drawing tutorials depict the moon in a stylized way. However, this article will show you how to draw a moon rather simply.

So, first off, you have to draw a large circle on the paper, and you will complete the process by darkening the outer layer and creating some shapes in between the circle.

Since it is a pretty simple depiction, these are the only tools you’ll need:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Grey (light and dark) coloring pencils or crayons
• Eraser
• A large bowl

Now, we have materials on our hands. Let’s get into the details.

How to Draw a Moon – 5 Simple Steps!

Step 1: Draw a Large Circle

First of all, draw a circle with a pencil. You can make it as big as you want the moon to be. We advise you to make it by putting a bowl on paper. However, you can also make it through a compass.

Step 2: Draw Medium-Large Sized Shapes

Inside this circle, draw 4-5 irregular shapes to represent bumps on the moon. Next, fill these shapes with grey colors.

It is better to take a dark shade of grey. You can use pencil colors, markers, or crayons according to your preference.

Step 3: Draw Moon Craters - How to draw a moon

We know the moon has those bowl-shaped craters. For that, draw some 0-shaped small circles inside the circle. Draw them with a pencil and don’t fill them in.

Step 4: Color The Moon

Use a light-shaded grey color pencil to color the circle. Please ensure that you are not filling the color in the shapes and craters.

Step 5: Darken the Outer layer

Well, we are almost there, and this step is optional.

For a more neat look, you can darken the outer layer of the circle with a black crayon or marker. And, there you go. Your pencil sketch of the moon is ready!