How to Draw a Daisy

Series Summary

Drawing and sketching refers to two-dimensional pieces of art made by marking on a surface with a variety of mediums. Drawing tools can include graphite pencils, pen and ink, colored pencils, charcoals and chalk and pastels. It is the most foundational skill an artist possesses. The practice of drawing and sketching as an art form became widely popular in 15th-century Europe when paper became generally available. The famous journal of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci contains hundreds of sketches, brainstorms and observations that inspire draftsmen today. Almost every form of imaginable art involves some level of drawing or sketching. In this free video series on drawing, a professional illustrator demonstrates how to draw from nature. Find out how to draw different flowers, like daisies and sunflowers, and even learn to draw a tree. Get tips on drawing a few different animals, like wolves and birds, and render a beautiful landscape. Start drawing and illustrating with these helpful demonstrations.

Video Transcript

"Joel Hickerson, grindog.com. Today we're going to draw a daisy. So first we're going to start with our pencil. Now with this pencil we're going to draw our construction lines very lightly. So the center of a daisy is a circle. And then the petals of a daisy are also kind of ellipses all the way around. Now don't worry about messing up with your pencil because the pencil lines can be erased. So start out with any - as many lines as you want because they're going to disappear but just remember to draw lightly. Then you can draw the stem. And a petal or two, or a leaf down below that and then a base. And come back with your marker now. And just pick the lines you want. And with your marker a lot of the times we end up correcting our illustration. I'm correcting some of the pencil lines that we started out with and maybe even because they were just kind of a guide more than anything else. So you'll see that I'm using some of them and not using some of the other ones that I didn't really like how they came out. So all the way around our circle we're creating petals, okay. And then we come back with the stem. It's usually more dynamic if you put a little bit of a curve to it. And you add a leaf. One or two, two on this one probably looks like more. Keep it simple, don't add a thousand leaves or too much of a base. And then when you're done you get the basic construction elements the way you want them, come back with your eraser and get rid of these pencil lines, the construction lines that you didn't need or you don't need anymore. Now if you've drawn lightly, these construction lines are going to come off very easily so you must remember as you're drawing the pencil construction lines, draw very lightly so you can come back. And make it easier to erase. And then if you're doing a one-color daisy you can come back with your pencil and add some shadow lines, or some seams. And make this look even more like a daisy. And just a couple of little daisy lines. And also this is a good time add color if you're going to color your daisy. And however you want to make this daisy to make it more your own. And that's how you draw a daisy."