How to Draw a Flower Arrangement
Depending on the type of flower arrangement you are trying to portray, there are techniques that can help your drawing so it does not become too complicated or daunting. Not every flower needs to be perfect or identical to each other to look realistic in your drawing. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Determine what will hold your arrangement together, such as a vase or ribbon. This will help determine how large your arrangement will be and how many flowers you should draw to make your arrangement look complete.
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Decide the sort of flower arrangement you want to draw, whether it is conservative, with three big flowers as focal points, or casual and uniform, with all flowers looking alike and complementing each other. There are many different types of open flowers and buds to choose from, including flowers with large, teardrop-shaped, tightly drawn petals (such as roses), flowers with small, thin, oval petals (such as daisies or wildflowers) or flowers with cloud-shaped petals, that make up one large flower (such as hydrangeas or peonies). The flowers can be any color you choose.
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Draw the flower buds around the open flowers (roses, or peonies, for example), not in a straight line but in a zigzag fashion. Or draw a lot of little buds and open flowers (such as daisies or wildflowers) that together are not all the same height. Draw the flowers and buds several inches above and around your vase, if you want to add stems, or overlapping your vase if you choose not to have stems show.
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Design and draw filler flowers or greenery to fill in the empty spaces around the three large flowers or the little spaces in between the uniform flowers already drawn. These fillers should look different yet complement the flowers that are already drawn.
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Add stems, if you choose, that are thick and taper toward the bottom or are thin and curved throughout. You can add thorns or other texture, depending on the type of flowers you are drawing. Add leaves under the flowers and buds you have drawn or attached to the stems. The leaves can be wide and in the shape of a teardrop or long and skinny, similar to a piece of thick grass.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are having trouble drawing the buds of flowers, you can use stencils or other shapes to guide you. You don't have to add leaves to every flower in your arrangement.
