Draw a Rose
Roses are often referred to as the symbol of romance and love. They are beautiful and breathtaking to look at. If you don't have a green thumb, you can still create a rose on paper.
Contents
Steps
Full Bloom Rose
- Draw a small freehand circle in the center of the page for the center of the rose.
- Add another irregular oval shape at a diagonal base of the above circle for the first petal.
- Join a curved line from the small circle to the oval shape for the second petal.
- Complete the first set of petals around the centre by joining yet another curved line to the above.
- Begin drawing the first spiral around the earlier made for the second row of petals.
- Engulf the earlier row of petals by a bigger outer irregular curve for the third row of petals.
- Join further outer petals of the rose with wavy lines joining at appropriate places.
- Draw the extreme outer petal of the rose.
- Detail the rose further with petals and leaves.
- Color the rose red with green leaves adding appropriate shades to it.
Method Two: Rose Motif
- For those who cannot get their hands to do the wonders of making the first rose (myself included), try this instead! Draw a small spiral in the centre of the page.
- Extend a petal on one side of the spiral.
- Add another petal to the opposite side of the spiral.
- Draw the third petal at the bottom of the spiral joining the above petal shapes.
- Add a small detail in the centre of the spiral of the rose.
- Create a leaf each on either side of the flower with a small midrib each.
- Color the rose with variations of red and green for the leaves.
Method Three: A Rose with Stem
- Draw a vertical curve in the centre of the page for the guide to the stem of the rose .
- Add thorny details on the left side to the above made curved line.
- Add details also on the right side of the curved line.
- Draw a leaf extending on the top left side of the thorny curve.
- Add couple of more leaves on either side of the thorny stem.
- Add details to the leaves by drawing the midrib and a few veins.
- Start making the flower from its base by drawing the sepals.
- Go ahead with drawing the flower petals from the centre and adding one petal to its right.
- Add further petals of the rose heading upwards to the centre.
- Draw the centre details of the rose petals.
- Detail the leaves with edgy outer blades.
- Erase all unnecessary guides and color the rose and the leaves.
- Enrich the painting by applying appropriate shades and a shadow.
Tips
- Smudging the line inwards is a shading technique which will add depth and realism to your rose.
- If you only have a pencil or pen you may still contrast by applying different amounts of pressure or using multiple pens or pencils.
- Keep your pencil lines light until you have confidence. While smudges can often be incorporated back into the whole, it's easier (and less stressful!) to be careful along the way.
- For a rustic looking rose, color it red, then give it just touches of light brown enhancement.
- Make sure that you have a good idea of what you want it to look like before you start to actually draw the final rose, instead of just drawing as you go.
- Crinkle the paper and rip the edges to give the rose an antique look.
- Lightly smudge the shaded areas and some of the darker lines to give a kind of rustic look.
- Try to blend colours to make your rose more realistic.
- Use a blunt pencil to give your drawing the rustic look.
- With the pencil, lightly brush the area you're using to draw the picture so you can highlight where it's going.
- After you are done, use markers to outline then use colored pencils or crayons to color it in.
- Try to crinkle the paper to give the rose a more realistic look.
- Instead of coloring it you can rather make it monochrome by pencil shading it to give it an old look.
- Its easy to write with a pencil in case you mess up.
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Colored Pencils/Markers/Crayons
- Heart
