How to Draw a Flower


How to Draw a Flower
How to Draw a Flower

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Drawing an environment with plants is not an easy task, especially when you need to vary the species to avoid creating a design that is too repetitive.

In this article, I'm going to teach you how to easily draw various types of flowers so that you have a foundation to follow for future drawings. You'll see that all flowers are drawn the same way and that they are not so complicated to draw once you know them well :)

 

We will show you how to draw a rose, a daffodil (also called narcissus), a daisy, and finally a tulip.

 

 

 

DRAWING A ROSE

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the rose step 1

 

To start, you're going to make a small circle in the middle of your paper.

 

 

drawing of a flower: the rose step 2

 

This circle will be the center of the rose. Starting from the circle, draw a crescent.

 

 

drawing of a flower: the rose step 3

 

Then you will go all the way around the center in this manner, making them thicker or thinner, varying the sizes, but making sure to keep to rounded shapes.

 

 

drawing of a flower: the rose step 4

 

After doing about two rows, draw larger, less rounded petals.

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the rose step 5

 

Continue until you have drawn about 3-4 rows.

 

 

 

Drawing of a flower: the rose 

 

To finish, add even bigger petals with an almost triangular shape.

Once you have a rose size that you like, you can stop, and your rose is finished! :)

 

I'm only showing you the top-down view of the rose. If you would like to learn how to draw a colored rose, check out this article: learn to draw a rose.

 

 

 

 

 

DRAWING A FLOWER: THE DAFFODIL

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the daffodil step 1

 

To make the daffodil, start by drawing the stem. The flower itself is quite long and heavy, causing the stem to lean forward. Draw it slightly tilted toward the flower end and drooping.

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the daffodil step 2

 

Once the stem is drawn, finish it with a slightly rounded shape.

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the daffodil step 1

 

Draw small wavelets of various sizes.

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the daffodil step 1

 

Connect the waves to the stem, erasing the unnecessary lines and adding lines to simulate the folds.

 

 

 

drawing of a flower: the daffodil step 5

drawing of a flower: the daffodil step 6

 

Draw the first petal that goes in front of the stem and erase the parts of the stem that are no longer visible.

 

 

 

drawing of a flower: the daffodil step 7

 

Add the two outer petals

 

 

 Drawing of a daffodil

 

Finish with the last two petals and you have your daffodil!

 

 

 

 

 

DRAWING A DAISY

 

 

drawing of a flower: the daisy step 1

 

Like the previous flower, start by drawing the stem. Daisies often stretch upwards, seeking the sun, so their stem should be drawn going towards the top of the paper.

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the daisy step 2

 

Draw a circle at the end of the stem. You will fill it in later; for now, it will serve as the base for the center of the flower.

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the daisy step 3

 

Draw the petals that are in the foreground, following the center of the flower.

 

 drawing of a flower: the daisy step 4

 

Now add the petals that are slightly behind the first row of petals...

 

 

drawing of a flower: the daisy step 6

...and finally, draw the petals that are in the background.

 

 

 

 

The center of a daisy is filled with pollen, which is quite visible compared to some flowers. So you will need to fill the center of the flower with little pollen dots... It doesn't take too long ;)

 

drawing of a daisy

 

Finally, erase your baseline and it's done!

 

 

 

 

 

DRAWING A TULIP

 

We are now moving on to the last flower, the tulip, which is one of the simplest and quickest to draw.

 

 

drawing of a flower: the tulip step 1

 

Tulips are like daisies, they hold themselves up, but they also have a thicker stem that allows them to stand upright, so no bent stem this time!

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the tulip step 2

 

Starting from the end of the stem, draw a half-circle on each side of the flower.

 

 

 

 drawing of a flower: the tulip step 3

 

From the half circles, draw the outer petals and then add a petal in the middle.

 

 

 

drawing of a tulip

 

Draw the petals in the background and your tulip is finished!

 

 

 

 

drawing of four flowers

 

 

Plants may seem complicated to draw, but in reality, that's not the case.

When you have an element that seems too complicated to draw, simplify it as much as possible and add details gradually as you practice until you feel confident enough to draw the element in the finest detail :)

 

 

 

Illustrator and writer: Coralie

 


by Liam

Comment(s)

  • Thank you very much, after the toolbox, it feels great!
    • Haha that's not wrong! 😁
  • So I made them as indicated ...
  • ... and from another point of view
  • Top your flowers! That works out well with the start of spring 😉
  • Hello, I'm discovering alcohol markers: so, I did a test on a rose....
  • I know what I have left to do ;)
  • Here are my sketches, ..... 😉
    • Those flowers are very pretty! Well done 👍
  • and the second ....
  • I love it because, before starting the lessons, I thought it was super hard to draw a flower... actually, it's much less complicated than it seems. Practice, practice, and more practice, it's crazy but it really helps 😁
    • 😁👍

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