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Uploaded:December 22, 2011
Artist:Finalprodigy
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How to Draw Realistic Flowers

Hey everyone, here's so far my only still life tutorial. I'll be showing you how to draw a vase of flowers. You should learns a few helpful techniques for your next still life drawings. So get your supplies ready for this one!

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how to draw realistic flowers step 1

STEP 1.

Start out by picking your pencils. For this drawing I used an HB pencil for sketching and shading and a 6B pencil for dark shading. A 6B graphite stick can also come in handy when shading large areas.
 
how to draw realistic flowers step 2

STEP 2.

Start out by sketching a basic vase using an HB pencil. After that sketch in some circles to get an idea of where your flower will be.
 
how to draw realistic flowers step 3

STEP 3.

Roughly shade over the paper with a 6B pencil then blend in your shading with a blending stump.
 
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STEP 4.

Start shading in your flowers one at a time. Start by erasing out the basic form of the flower. After that, use an HB pencil to start defining the flower from the center outwards.
 
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STEP 5.

Keep shading the flower until you have all of the pedals shaded. After that you can smooth out the shading using a blending stump and a kneadable eraser.
 
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STEP 6.

Move on to the next group of flowers. Erase their basic forms and then outline them with an HB pencil.
 
how to draw realistic flowers step 7

STEP 7.

Roughly add the dark shading around the flowers a using a 6B pencil. After that start shading and defining the flowers using an HB pencil.
 
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STEP 8.

Finish shading the smaller flowers. After that erase the basic shape of the next flower on the left.
 
how to draw realistic flowers step 9

STEP 9.

Start defining the flower using an HB pencil. Try to work from the center outwards. Outline the petals before shading them in.
 
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STEP 10.

Finish up shading the flower the erase the basic shape of the top flower and leaves.
 
how to draw realistic flowers step 11

STEP 11.

Sketch the basic forms of the rose and leaves using an HB pencil. Then start defining their shading from left to right.
 
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STEP 12.

After you have finished shading the rose sketch in some more leaves around the flowers to fill in the blank areas.
 
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STEP 13.

After you've shaded in your leaves sketch some basic designs onto you vase.
 
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STEP 14.

Blend in your designs with a blending stump and use a kneadable eraser to add highlights. After that define the outline of the vase.
 
how to draw realistic flowers step 15

STEP 15.

Next up shade in the background using a 6B pencil.
 
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STEP 16.

Finish up the drawing by blending in your background with a blending stump and cleaning up your details. Hope you found this helpful!
 

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aNJELICA123's comment

 

aNJELICA123 ~ Dec 28, 2012, 8:14:18 PM
OMG THATS SOOOOOO HARD!HOW DO PEOPLE DO IT SOOOOO GOOOD jawdrop jawdrop X3 boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie
 
zainabhaider's comment

 

zainabhaider ~ Nov 24, 2012, 12:41:57 AM
Easy hai hai hai hai hai hai
 
art928's comment

 

art928 ~ Mar 24, 2012, 10:51:59 AM
well im not final prodigy but , no thats how he draws if u want simple then practice flowers for kids or draw flowres outside to practice
@kyosgirl66
Good but can u do something more simple? confused
 
melidiaz97's comment

 

melidiaz97 ~ Jan 13, 2012, 11:05:26 AM
awesome! rock
 
minexor's comment

 

minexor ~ Jan 9, 2012, 10:35:00 AM
took me about one hour to finish but it turned out super great hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist shakefist ;p ;p ;p ;p ;p ;p ;p ;p ;p
 
kyosgirl66's comment

 

kyosgirl66 ~ Jan 6, 2012, 4:57:34 PM
Good but can u do something more simple? confused
 
Ezzcavator's comment

 

Ezzcavator ~ Dec 31, 2011, 12:25:33 PM
this is emotional it reminds me of my great nan somehow T_T x I love you nan ________ l RIP l l l l l l l l______l
 
Jenkpink's comment

 

Jenkpink ~ Dec 28, 2011, 9:19:00 PM
a peice of paper thats tightly rolled until it looks sorta like a pencil
@pritty_kitty
what's a blending stump? confused
 
pritty_kitty's comment

 

pritty_kitty ~ Dec 28, 2011, 2:22:12 PM
what's a blending stump? confused
 
Crochetamommy's comment

 

Crochetamommy ~ Dec 27, 2011, 12:22:02 PM
that sounds great! i would really like to know if you do! ~hazel
@finalprodigy
Ha, thanks Serget. It's hard to find places that need traditional artists these days. Everyone wants digital artists. I just draw for this site and my website right now. I'm considering publishing a tutorial book next year though.
 
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