How to Draw Flowers the Easy Way for Pleasure or Profit

This is an easy tutorial on How To Draw Flowers in six simple steps. Flowers look quite complex to draw with overlapping petals but they all have simple basic shapes. Almost all flowers can be drawn using an outline to define their shape.

There are no sharp angles or straight lines
You will notice in all flowers and plants there are no sharp angles or acute shapes like a triangle or a square—but these shapes can be used mainly as a guideline when drawing flowers. When you draw flowers you will also have to note how their leaves are formed although it is not entirely necessary to have leaves as a support for the flower.

All petals stem from a central point in a flower—they grow outwards from this central point.

So let's start the drawing lesson with one of the easiest flowers to draw. We will create more complex flowers as we progress with these drawing lessons. There will be more tutorials on how to draw flowers ranging from roses, tulips, irises, sunflowers, lily, geranium and daffodils.

  How To Draw Flowers - Follow These Simple Steps

You can start off with a dot right in the middle of your oval. All shapes in your flower will go out from this dot.

Step One
Draw a circle which will be used as a guideline only so it does not matter if it is not perfect. Then draw a tiny circle in the middle and another circle as shown here.

When drawing, use a swift movement with your hand which will give you much better results and your drawing will look better.

Remember, everything goes outwards from this central point which applies to any type of flower. Notice also that most of these 'daisies' have only fice petals.

Step Three
Now make a heavier (thicker) line and follow your guidelines. Make the outside part of the petal wavy and draw a small point to show the tip of the petal.

Keep your pencil really sharp for a crisp, clean drawing and use a soft rubber to erase any lines

Step Four
Now we are going to work on the circle in the middle. These are petals that curve over towards the middle of the flower. First draw a small line halfway between the outer petals these do not have to be exact, just approximately. See if you can get it similar to the drawing shown here.

Step Five
Now erase all the guidelines and your drawing should look something like this.

Step Six
Now the fun part. Color your flower in with soft pastel shades, any color will do. Ask your family if they like it - I know they will!

Follow along with more simple tutorials on this website. Most of them a pretty simple to do and of course it does take a little practice.