6 free tutorials · Beginner — a step beyond simple outline drawing
Draw Beautiful Flowers — From Simple Shapes to Finished Pencil Sketches
Practice drawing a tulip, a tilted daisy, a small cherry-blossom branch, a calla lily and a partly open rose. Use clear construction, connected forms and light pencil shading. Then make a small bouquet of a rose, a tulip and a daisy.
The drawings
Draw a Tulip with Curving Leaves
Draw a tulip made up of one broad front petal, two wrapping side petals and a longer rear petal. Include the stem of the tulip, two long leaves and add a few lightly sketched lines to show the curved surfaces of the flower.
Draw a Daisy Turned to One Side
Draw a daisy that has turned away from you. It has thirteen broad, roundish petals and a small domed center. The rear petals have shorter visible reaches, with fuller petals at the front. Add soft shading at selected bases and overlaps to give it depth. Attach two simple leaves at different heights along the curved stem.
Draw a Cherry-Blossom Branch
Two pale open blossoms and a closed bud can be drawn on a short diagonal branch, with the bud near its tip. This simple drawing looks very sweet like a greeting card.
Draw a Calla Lily
Draw one open rounded calla lily. It should have an inward roll and a throat which is slightly darker than the exposed outer surface of the flower. Also draw stem and one leaf.
Draw a Partly Open Rose
Draw a half-opened rose with small center folds, wrapped in a middle group of petals, broad outer petals. Draw short stem, two leaves and some shadows.
Draw a Small Flower Bouquet
Draw a rose, a tulip and a tilted daisy in three different heights on your page. Join their stems with a small band and add two leaves to the stems. Use one light treatment to complete the familiar flowers.
Two ways to use these lessons
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Free tutorials
A picture of every step, written instructions and a replay of the pencil strokes. Draw on paper or in any app you like. No account and no scores.
Guided course
You draw each step on our canvas and send it to Luna, our virtual coach. She tells you what to fix before you move on, and your drawings stay saved in your account.
Lesson 1 is free. The rest of the course is a one-time purchase.
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Watch Luna look at a drawing
Short recordings from our guided courses. A drawing goes to Luna, she circles what’s off and explains the fix, and the corrected drawing is checked again.
Before you start
For this course adult students and teenagers who are comfortable attempting simple shapes and wish to make more developed pencil drawings will find this course suitable. Previous flower-drawing experience is not required. You do not need to buy or finish another course first.
Use the guided lesson canvas with a mouse, stylus or even touch input. You can also replicate the tutorials with simple paper, a pencil and an eraser. Light pressure, short strokes and attention to detail are enough.
You don’t need: Botanical knowledge, expensive pencils, color, smooth blending, perfect symmetry or completion of another course.
Allow about 20–70 minutes per lesson. Rose and Bouquet drawings tend towards the longer end and you may like to come back to your drawing at a later date to continue.