Northern Hemisphere readers must be looking forward to warmer Spring weather, with the first of March just around the corner. What a great time to take your drawing skills outside! If it's still too chilly for you, grab a bunch of early blooms and draw indoors. Flowers, being organic shapes, are amazingly forgiving subjects and you can use pretty much any style and medium you like. Why not try a few different approaches to a single subject - a flowing line drawing, a quick sketch with wash, and a formal value or colored drawing. Check out these illustrated tips on flower drawing.
Sketching Flowers with Line
Flowers in Color
Flower Photography and Observation Tips
More on Flower Drawing
Landscaping guide David Beaulieu has info on using color theory in the garden, including basic color theory with a color wheel, the emotive qualities of color and planting suggestions that can also help with your still-life choices. Check out the index of flower photos grouped by color - you're sure to find some lovely blooms to try in colored pencil or pastel.
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I really enjoyed these tips on how to draw flowers because my friends and I love to draw!!!! well some of my friends do but I love to draw paint use colored pencils and pastels if you have any other tips on how to draw flowers please email me!!!
Helen,
Great job! I enjoy drawing flowers, amongst the many other things that I enjoying doing. Hopefully, soon I will photo a few examples I’ve done and add them to myspace, using your tips/suggestions.