How to Draw by Gary Phillips

Author:Gary Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: drawing, pencil drawing, how to draw, drawing people, draw flowers, art drawing, how to draw a face
Publisher: Amazing Publisher

Rose

Step 1 - First, draw a circle to use as a guideline for the future pedals. Then draw a u-shaped curve in the middle, curling up at the edges.

Step 2 - In the middle of the u-shaped curve, draw the inside of the rose using a line that curves upwards into a swirl. After having created the swirl, add dimensional shape by extending lines in the swirl downwards.

Step 3 - Add another curved line parallel to the swirl going up, and then tapering into the top of the inner rose. Then, eyeball the continued position it would be in after the swirl and maintain the curvature.

Step 4 - Now, it’s finally time to use the guideline circle you drew in step 1. Although eight petals are shown here, the precise number doesn’t matter. Use your own artistic imagination to draw the petals overlapping however you would like. Keep in mind that different sizes add visual interest, so the petals should not appear exactly alike, like a machine. The outer edges of the petals should just touch the circle’s borders.

Step 5 - Once you have drawn the petals, you can erase the outer circle you created for guidance. Add a curved stem that widens as it descends.

Step 6 - Add leaves branching off from the stem, drawing curved lines for the leaf veins (whether you want to draw them as practically one thick line or two lines widening and coming together again is up to you) and almond-shaped leaves tapering off at the tip.

Step 7 - Begin adding more detail when you start inking the final lines. The outer edges of the inner bud should curve out in scalloped edges, and the bottom of the bud isn’t perfectly connected as one. Remember that perfect curves and lines don’t always create the most beautiful drawing. The appearance of imperfections contributes to the realistic quality of art, because nature is not perfect.

Step 8 - When you start inking the petals of the rose, realize that the curved petals are also guidelines themselves to the finished product. The petals should curve in and then outwards, almost like curly brackets.

Step 9 - Finally, for the leaves, add smaller veins branching off from the larger vein, like drawing a ‘y’ in the middle of the vein. Add ridges to the flower leaves based off of the guideline leaves drawn earlier. This contributes to the realism, since real rose leaves have jagged ridges.

Some advice for when you draw flowers or plants in general is that the leaves towards the bottom of the stem are larger than the ones closer to the top. Also, when aiming for more realistic flower leaves, make the edges perforated rather than completely smooth, though in a jiffy, smooth leaves will do. The same applies to petals -- rather than perfectly round, they taper a bit. When it comes to landscapes, keep depth in mind. Objects closer to the front of the scene will be larger, while ones in the back will be smaller.

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