Okay, so I decided I wanted to try drawing the Olympics logo the other day. Just felt like it, you know? See if I could actually do it.
Getting Started
First thing, I needed some paper. Just grabbed a plain white sheet from the printer. And a pencil, nothing fancy, just a regular HB pencil I found lying around. Oh, and an eraser. Definitely needed the eraser.
Then, I had to actually look at the logo properly. I pulled it up on my tablet to have a clear reference. Five rings, interlocking, specific colors. Blue, Yellow, Black on the top row, Green, Red on the bottom. Got it.
Drawing the Rings
This was the tricky bit. Getting five circles looking decent and linked up right. I thought about finding a compass, but honestly, couldn’t be bothered to dig one out. So, I looked around for something round.
Found a small glass. Tried tracing around the rim. It kinda worked, but the circles were a bit wobbly where my hand moved. Did a couple like that, then rubbed them out.
Okay, new plan. Freehand. I just started sketching lightly. Circle, circle, circle for the top row. Trying to get them evenly spaced and overlapping just so. Took a few tries. Lots of erasing happened here. My first attempts looked more like weird ovals.
Then I drew the bottom two rings, making sure they looped through the top ones in the right places. That overlap is key, makes it look like they’re actually linked. More light sketching, adjusting, erasing. It wasn’t perfect, but started to look like the real thing.
- Drew the top three first: Blue position, Black position, Red position (wait, checking reference… ah, Blue, Black, Yellow on top!).
- Okay, corrected that. Blue, Black, Yellow sketched out.
- Then sketched the bottom two: Green and Red, making sure Green went under Blue/Black and Red went under Black/Yellow.
Once I was happier with the shapes and positions, I went over the lines a bit more firmly with the pencil.
Adding the Color
Right, the colors. Had to get these right. Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Red.
I rummaged through my kid’s pencil case and found some colored pencils. Not the best, but they’d do the job.
Started coloring them in. Blue on the left, Black in the middle, Yellow on the right for the top row. Then Green below left, Red below right.
Tried to color evenly. You know how sometimes colored pencils go patchy? Yeah, a bit of that happened. But I just went over it a couple of times. Made sure to stay inside the lines… mostly.
Finished (Sort Of)
So, after a bit of sketching, erasing, and coloring, I had my version of the Olympics logo on the paper. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. The circles aren’t perfectly round, the colors are a bit scratchy, and the spacing isn’t mathematically precise.
But hey, I did it! Went through the process, figured out the overlapping parts, got the colors in the right spots. It was actually quite relaxing, just focusing on drawing those simple shapes. It looks recognizable, and that’s good enough for me for a quick practice session.
