How to Draw a Sushi Roll (Easy Step by Step)
Learn how to easily draw a cute sushi roll, complete with a sweet smiling face, using simple shapes like ovals, straight lines, curves, and dots. This step-by-step guide makes drawing fun and accessible for you.
- Draw sushi rolls primarily using ovals and circles.
- Add a sweet smiling face to your front sushi roll.
- Utilize basic shapes: ovals, straight lines, curves, and dots.
- Arrange three little sushi rolls together in your drawing.
A sushi roll is a fun thing to draw because it is mostly circles that you squash into ovals. Here three little rolls sit together, and the front one has a sweet smiling face. You only need ovals, straight lines, curves and dots.
- Easy
- 15 minutes
- 9 steps
You need: paper, a pencil, an eraser, and crayons or markers for coloring.
Start drawing
In this article (7 sections)
How to draw a sushi roll step by step
How to Draw a Sushi Roll · tinyhandscreate.com
Step 1: Guide shapes
Lightly sketch these 3 ovals. They only show where the big parts go, so press softly. You will erase them at the end.
Step 2: The front roll
Draw a wide, flat oval for the top of the big roll. Then draw two straight lines down from its sides and connect them with a curved bottom, like a short can.
Step 3: The rice edge
Draw a gentle smile-shaped curve across the front, starting and ending where the side lines meet the top oval. This shows where the top turns into the side.
Step 4: Rings on top
Inside the top oval, draw a big oval ring, then a smaller oval ring in the middle. Leave a little space between them, like a target.
Step 5: Face and sesame seeds
Add two round dots for cheeks and a small curved smile between them on the front. Then dot little sesame seeds in a circle between the two rings.
Step 6: The top-left roll
Draw a second roll up in the left corner with a top oval, two side lines and a curved bottom. Add a smile-shaped curve across the front.
Step 7: Left roll details
Draw two oval rings inside its top, one inside the other. Dot a few tiny seeds around the rings and add a couple of short little lines across the rings.
Step 8: The top-right roll
Draw a third roll in the right corner the same way: top oval, side lines, curved bottom, and a smile-shaped curve across the front.
Step 9: Right roll and chopsticks
Add two oval rings and a few tiny seeds and short lines on top of the right roll. Finish with two long, slanted straight lines for chopsticks beside the front roll.
All done!
Erase the guide shapes, go over your lines, then color it in.
Finished your sushi roll? Keep the pencils out and learn how to draw boba tea or how to draw a cupcake next.
Tips for drawing a sushi roll
- Draw the top ovals wide and flat, not tall. That is what makes the roll look like it is lying on a table.
- Keep the rings inside the top oval about the same distance apart, so they look like a target.
- Put the face low on the front and keep the two cheeks the same size, with the smile centered between them.
Free sushi roll coloring page
Want to go straight to coloring? Open this sushi roll coloring page at full size and print it. It is the same drawing you just learned, with clean lines ready for crayons or markers.
How to color your sushi roll drawing
Try white or cream rice, dark green nori around the edge and orange or pink in the middle for salmon. You can also give each roll a different filling color, like avocado green, tuna red and egg yellow.
Sushi roll fun fact for kids
Sushi rolls are wrapped in nori, a thin sheet of dried seaweed. Rolling them up with a bamboo mat helps keep the rice and fillings in a tight round shape.
Questions about drawing a sushi roll
What shapes do I need to draw a sushi roll?
You need ovals for the top and the rings, two straight lines for the sides and a curve for the bottom. Add small dots for the seeds.
How do I make my sushi roll look cuter?
Give the front roll a face with two round cheeks and a small smile. Keep the features low and close together.
How do I draw the chopsticks?
Draw two long straight lines that lean the same way and stay about the same distance apart. Make one a little higher than the other.
