As you can see, even the most complicated flowers can be developed from simple shapes. Select a flower you wish to draw and study it closely, looking for its overall shape. Sketch the outline of this shape, and begin to look for the other shapes within the flower. Block in the smaller shapes that make up details, such as petals or leaves. Once you’ve completed this, smooth out your lines and begin the shading process.
A. Sketch the basic shape.
B. Block in smaller shapes.
c. Add details.
D. Clean up the lines.
E. Create form by shading
Front View
Angle View
Side View
With an HB pencil, sketch the cup-like shape of the flower first; then place the petals and stem, as shown above. Begin developing the form with shading.
Circles enable you to draw round flowers. Set the size with a large circle, and place a smaller one inside. Using them as a guide, shade details.
This three-quarter view may seem more difficult to draw, but you can still bring out its basic shapes if you study it carefully. Begin each petal with short lines drawn at the proper angles.
Drawing flowers with many overlapping petals is more involved but, once the basic shapes are sketched in, the details can easily be drawn.