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50+ Best Flower Drawing Tutorials To Embellish Your Pages
A beautiful flower drawing or flower doodle is a simple but effective way to make your bullet journal pages look amazing.
Drawing pictures of flowers can seem overwhelming if you feel you are not very artsy but we have found that with practice and by starting with simple flower doodles it is easy for people of any artistic talent to learn how to draw a flower and create gorgeous flower doodle art.
I have put together the ultimate list of how to draw flower doodles.
You will find so many drawing flower ideas and examples of lots of different flowers drawing tutorials.
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Where to use hand drawn flowers in your Bullet Journal
The potential for using floral doodles is endless and only limited by your creativity. Here are some ideas on where to use bullet journal flower doodles to beautify your notebook:
Big flower drawing as a Monthly Spread Cover page.
Small flower drawings to add a theme to your weekly layouts.
Drawing flowers with sharpies to add color and brightness to your bujo.
Flower line drawing as a mood tracker.
Want more ideas on where to draw flowers in a bullet journal? I have lots more suggestions in this Flower Bullet Journal post here!
Tips for Simple Flower Drawing
I will say it again, just in case you didn’t believe me. Anyone can draw, especially an easy flower drawing.
Really, anyone!
And anyone can draw a flower too, just start at the basic level and practice your skills often until you can draw more detailed designs.
If you can write your name, you can draw.
Before you start learning how to doodle flowers here are some basic drawing tips that will help you create beautiful floral art:
- Start with simple shapes: Most things around you can be drawn with basic shapes like circles, squares, and triangles.
- Pencil first: Get used to drawing with a pencil where you are free to experiment without worry about making mistakes. Then you can just erase and carry on. Here is my favorite doodle pencil.
- Experiment with mediums: Maybe you love drawing with a pencil and shading the light just right? Or you may find creating bold colors with fine tip markers is more your style. Finding a medium you love to use will help with creativity and skill.
- Be relaxed and move when you draw: Don’t keep your arm stiff, try drawing from your shoulder rather than your wrist.
- Practice. Lots. And forget perfection. Have fun and make mistakes.
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Concept Art
First thing first, do not use concept images that are protected by copyright law.
In case someone likes your drawing and wants to buy it, it is best to use images that are free for ANY use.
Here are some websites that let you download FREE stock images:
*Taking your own photos is the best solution to create unique drawings and compositions.
How to Create Smooth Lines with a Pen
For a pen drawing to look nice, draw each mark with confidence. Meaning, a smooth line.
That is easier said than done!
With time and practice, the lines will flow. Until then, start with a pencil.
The advantage of a pencil is that it is erasable. Therefore, you can fix mistakes until you are happy with the result.
So grab your reference image and draw it with a pencil. Draw it gently, so it will be easy to erase later.
The pencil drawing does not have to be perfect. Remember that nature is abstract. There are no two identical flowers.
Reference image & pencil sketch
Once the pencil-sketch is ready, it is easy to go over it with a pen. Do it in a confident and smooth way, even if the pen marks are not exactly on top of the pencil marks.
When drawing with a pen, it is important to pay attention to overlap .
Draw the foreground parts first. In this case, draw the stamens first, and only then draw the petals.
After the ink from the pen is dry (usually less than a minute, depending on the pen brand), it is safe to gently erase the pencil-drawing marks.
Hellebore flower pen drawing
How to Draw a Complex Flower
Some flowers or compositions are quite complex. You should pay attention to proportions, foreshortening, and perspective.
This is too much to deal with when starting to draw.
A solution to this problem is to create a grid of guidelines. Then, instead of one complex image, you have several smaller and simpler images.
To find the middle point of an image, draw two diagonal lines from the image corners.
Next, draw horizontal and vertical lines from the midpoint.
Finding the center & creating a grid
Do the same for the drawing-paper. Make sure the ratio between height and width is the same for both the reference image and the drawing-paper.
You can crop the reference image to get the same ratio.
Now it is easier to draw with a pencil.
If the image is still complex for you, you can keep adding grid lines for each rectangle.
Drawing with a pencil
Remember to use the pencil gently. It will be easier to erase after you draw with a pen.
Lily flower pen drawing
If you do not fully understand terms like overlapping, perspective, and foreshortening, I highly recommend reading my guide on drawing the illusion of depth.
