The world around us is beautiful and amazing, every moment it begs to be painted on canvas... But while you are not yet a venerable artist, you are just learning, it is best to start not with a panoramic picture, but, for example, with a flower. The lesson on how to draw a rose will teach you this art step by step.
There are many different ways of drawing, which means that there are many options for depicting a “cap” of a flower. By the end of the lesson, you will definitely know how to draw a rose with a pencil. Look at the sample of a blossoming bud presented here. This is what your final version should look like.
You can start drawing from anywhere: from the center or from the outer contour. It doesn't matter much. Draw a pear-shaped object. This will be the main form from which the charming flower head will gradually "bloom". More or less like this:
It's time to gradually start adding the petals. Note that they all seem to turn outward. This is achieved by smooth curved lines, "hugging" the main form.
While comprehending a simple science, how to draw a rose, pay attention to the characteristic lines, gradually adding new petals to the bud:
At this stage, the shape of the rose is already clearly visible, but this is more of a sketch than a drawing. Finally, the rose will take its form when the last, large, already opened petals are applied.
Until now, the leading role in the image of a flower has been assigned to a simple pencil. It's time to move on to the part of the lesson that explains how to draw a rose in color. To do this, you need a pink pencil. Circle the outline of the sketch with it, and carefully erase the lines from a simple slate. In this case, the colored line will also, of course, be erased, but it will still remain.
Now the most enjoyable step in the process called "How to draw a rose" - coloring! It's time to shade the petals. But first you need to pay attention to those areas that will remain the brightest, and therefore the lightest, almost white. It is most convenient to start applying color with weak hatching on the darkest places in the following.
Do not think too much about the technique of shading the petals. Do as it turns out, observing the main condition: the brightest areas should remain almost white, and the darkest - deep pink. The transition from light to dark should be gradual.
This is how the main layer should look like. Ours is pink. Despite the fact that the painted rose has become recognizable, this is not the final version.
At the end - drawing with a red pencil. Scarlet strokes in the direction of the growth of the petals in the most shaded places will make the rose more expressive.
To draw a rose, you do not need an exact recipe with the required amount of application of one color or another. Rely on your own taste, because you are an artist, and you know better how your rose should look!
I have prepared for you interesting workshops for drawing roses in pencil and watercolor: from simple to the most complex. Therefore, rather arm yourself with colored pencils and a brush - let's start!
How to draw a rose with a pencil
1. Make a sketch of a rose with light pencil movements: draw an oval bud and a stem.
2. In the center of the oval, draw petals that look like a spiral.
3. Clearly draw each petal. Pay attention to all the bends and folds.
4. Make the necessary thickening, highlighting the main lines on the flower and stem.
5. Great! And now in the places of the shadows, hatch. This will make the rose more voluminous and realistic.
Our masterpiece is ready to try on and decorate one of the walls of your room.
Interesting! Persia (Iran) is considered the birthplace of the rose. In the Persian language, the name of the flower sounds "gul", and the country itself has long had a second name - Gulistan.
The interest of the Persians in growing roses was picked up by the Greeks. One of the Greek myths tells: “When the goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite learned about the death of her beloved Adonis while hunting, she went to the mountains of Cyprus to look for the body of a handsome man. Thorns of thorns and sharp stones wounded her fragile legs, and drops of blood falling to the ground turned into red roses.
How to draw a rose step by step
If you are not a beginner in drawing, but paper and pencil are your best friends, I offer a difficult version of drawing a rose with a pencil. Let's take the following image as an example:
1. Draw a long arc - the stem. Mark the upper and lower borders of the bud, as well as its center.
2. Now draw the middle of the bud. It consists of many twisted leaves.
Gradually add other petals to the rose. Pay attention to the severity and geometric shapes.
You will get such a rose:
3. Draw the stem and leaves for the rose.
4. It's time to add shadows and make our flower voluminous. Take a close look at the photo of the rose and start shading the dark areas of the image. A soft pencil is ideal for hatching.
5. Now, with light pencil movements, add penumbra. Note: petals that curl outward must have highlights and become darker towards the edges.
6. Detail the leaves and add shadows to them.
That's all! The flower queen is ready.
Interesting! In ancient Rome, a white rose was considered a symbol of silence. If during a solemn meal in the hall a white rose flaunted above the guests, everyone understood that the conversation at the table was not subject to disclosure. The popular expression “Sub rosa dictum” (“I said under the rose”) has survived to this day. This means that everything said is a big secret.
Roman soldiers wore wreaths of roses to get rid of the fear of battle. Rose wreaths in Rome were also awarded to prominent figures.
How to draw a rose with watercolors
Roses painted with watercolors look especially sophisticated and elegant. To create the following image, the artist used professional paints. You can take the most common ones.
1. Choose an image of a rose and make a subtle sketch. If it is difficult to do it yourself, on a sunny day, attach the drawing to the window and transfer it to paper.
2. Apply the initial coat of paints. Color each petal separately. Before you paint the next petal, let the previous one dry well, otherwise the paint will flow.
To mix colors harmoniously:
- wet the petal with water, and then apply the paint,
- apply one color, then add another.
3. In addition to pink and orange shades, add purple, blue and cherry. So you will be able to make the drawing saturated.
4. When the roses are completely dry, move on to the background. The role of the background will be played by colored spots. Paint must be applied to wet paper.
5. When the first coat of paint is completely dry, start working on the shadows of the flowers. Along with coral, pink and red colors, add yellow, purple, blue hues. The flower will become beautiful and expressive.
6. Make the background deeper by applying another layer of paint to the previous one. But make sure that the background does not stain the flowers and does not overshadow them. It is not very good if the environment is brighter than the subject being depicted.
7. Detail the image by adding veins and shadows to some of the petals.
Congratulations! The picture is ready.
Interesting! Today, 6,000 types of roses are known, bred by man. But it was the Japanese who surprised me the most. They managed to grow a chameleon rose. This amazing flower changes color depending on the light. During the day the rose is scarlet, in the evening it is white.
How to quickly draw a bouquet of roses
No wonder they say: if you want to win a girl's heart, give her roses. But do not be sad if there is not enough money for a luxurious bouquet. Rather, run for whatman paper and colored pencils - a bright picture will be an excellent birthday present and, unlike fresh flowers, will remind the birthday girl of a caring author for a long time to come.
1. Draw a bouquet, vase and bow.
2. With light pencil movements, sketch out buds in the form of ovals, finish the stems and bow. Make the bottom of the vase round.
3. Give the buds characteristic shapes for roses. Draw a second line along each stem to make them thicker. Detail the bow.
4. Draw the petals inside the buds. Don't forget the sepals.
5. And the last thing - draw the leaves. There should be a lot of them, because we have a whole bunch of roses. Draw vertical lines on the vase. In the right places, make hatching.
Color the picture with colored pencils and give it to someone you love very much.
Good day, dear friends!
Our today's lesson is dedicated to the most beautiful, exquisite and popular flowers all over the world - roses. It seems to many that it is very difficult to depict these flowers. Indeed, it is not easy, but it is only at first glance. If you know and apply some little secrets and practice a little, then the cherished buds will turn out better and better for you. Let's try to draw a rose together.
materials
- graphite pencils of different hardness
- eraser
- sketch paper.
If you want to add expressiveness, you can use colored pencils, watercolor or pastels. To get a good result, you need to be attentive and observant.
How to draw a rose step by step
There are a huge number of varieties of these beautiful flowers, they differ in shape, size, splendor, leaf shape, and color. There are ten basic forms of flowers; inflorescences of bush varieties range from a few pieces to 200 buds. The smallest sizes are less than two centimeters, and the largest ones are about 20 cm in diameter.
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In order to correctly depict this complex flower, living nature will be very helpful. If you do not have these fragrant plants in your home or garden, look for high-quality photos on the Internet and take a good look at them.
To get started, you can use the sketch below:
In this tutorial we will create sketches with different colors from different angles. We look at two flowers (left and center) from the side from a different angle, they are of different varieties, one is fading, and the other has just blossomed. We look at the third flower from above.
Layout and shape
At first, we draw very lightly, barely touching the sheet of paper with a pencil.
First stage
- The first thing to do is enclose our flowers in some suitable simple forms: circles, ovals, elongated rounded shapes.
- At this stage, it is necessary to stems, define flower center. In the illustration below, the midpoints are outlined very roughly, but in fact it needs to be done with barely noticeable strokes.
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It is important to have a good idea where the center of the flower is, since the petals will diverge and open evenly from it in all directions.
We outline the petals
The most difficult thing in the image of these flowers is to correctly outline the petals. This is where the main mistakes and difficulties arise.
The petals should fit into the previously outlined shapes, and you also need to consider where the center of the flower is. To begin with, you can show the petals with angular straight lines. At this stage, it is important to set the direction, the placement of the petals and show the fullness of the bud. 
In the illustration, the markings for the petals are shown with very clear lines, but you need to work very lightly at this stage, so that later it will be easy to make changes and add details.
Now, let's make these straight lines more elegant, bend a little, add bumps, refine them a little and detail them.
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Placement and shape of the petals
To more easily and correctly show the petals of the first two flowers, you need to use straight lines, not rounded ones, forget about roundings and smooth turns. These flowers are painted and painted in oils, acrylics, following straight lines, angular and square shapes.
Draw a rose with sharp shapes that clearly stand out at the corners: sharp, straight, obtuse…
In the illustration above, angularity is emphasized in orange. For most views and angles, "angularity" helps and works great. For the last flower, this rule was not used, although it is possible to outline a little with lines, with wide obtuse angles. Although, in this perspective, it is easier to immediately outline the rounded petals, which diverge evenly from the center.
In fact petals not at all square, they are quite elastic, fastened close to each other forming a dense, stuffed bud. Most often, the petals are bent down, thus forming corners. This is shown in the illustration below.
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Petal placement. Also pay attention to how and in what order the petals are placed. A lush beautiful bud is formed from many rows of petals, their number is completely different, from 5 to 128 pieces. It is important to catch the rhythm, the sequence of placing the petals at the joints between the petals.
One petal of the top row overlaps two leaves of the bottom row. It is pointless to calculate this, since there are a lot of rows of petals. Just make sure that the joints of the petals do not match (n and the illustrations above, in orange, indicate how the petals touch each other; green - schematically shows the incorrect arrangement of the petals).
stems and leaves
Showing the stems and green leaves correctly is also very important. The stems are straight and even, hard and woody with large thorns. In climbing bushes, thin, winding and plastic, dotted with small thorns.
The picture below shows the stages of drawing leaves, their shape and arrangement are clearly visible here.
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Practice drawing the leaves according to this scheme, so that later they can easily and naturally turn out in more complex compositions.
Buds
When painting a bouquet or bush, it would be appropriate to add a few unopened buds: they are beautiful, graceful and will make your work more interesting. This is not difficult, but it is important to correctly show the green leaves that “hug” the hidden bud.
Stages of drawing a bud
Volume and color
To show the depth and volume inside the bud with a pencil, it is enough to emphasize the curves and shadows between the petals with strokes. 
This illustration shows how a stroke can add volume to a drawing. Each button is worked out to a different degree. Sometimes a few strokes are enough to emphasize depth and volume. Inside the bud, the color of the petals is more saturated, dark.
If you add a little brightness to the sketch with felt-tip pens, watercolors, or pencils, we get a good result. 
Perhaps it is difficult to find a more beautiful flower than a rose, right? The rose always arouses interest and admiration, and it is not for nothing that the rose has become a symbol of expressing one's love and sympathy. It is not surprising that many people want to learn how to draw a rose. Is it difficult to do this? Absolutely not. In this article, we will show some examples that will allow you to draw your first rose in just a few minutes. There are more complex examples, where the rose will become a real work of art. Numerous video tutorials on drawing a rose will help in this, where drawing masters willingly demonstrate their skills in drawing such a beautiful color.
First of all, it is necessary to carefully study how the flower itself and its leaves look like, what shape it has - simple or complex. It is important to analyze the arrangement of rose petals and clarify the nuances that affect the shape. Finally, study the details - jagged edges, veins and cutouts, and all those small details that make a rose so unique.
Drawing a rose is not so difficult if you do it consistently. Let's see how you can draw a rose as a simple sketch.
How to draw a rose: sketch
When everything is clear with the image of the flower, you need to create a draft version of it, and then change the complexity of drawing. You need to start consistently with simple forms, which is illustrated in the figure below.
The construction lines must be removed with an eraser, after which the resulting image is outlined with a regular contour line. Then you need to add the appropriate details of the rose and leave in the picture only what will make the rose even better.
Before drawing, you should study the main features of the flower. Position the rose in front of the color source so that the highlights stand out best. This way you can study the placement of petals and leaves in more detail, as well as learn to perceive their shapes more harmoniously.
How to draw a rose with a pencil
In this example, we will consider a more mature drawing of a rose. Initially, you need to decide how exactly the rose will be drawn, how it will be located taking into account the horizon, find out the shape and size of its constituent components. Some of the petals and leaves of the rose are located at the back and therefore will only be partially visible in the picture. It does not hurt to make some quick sketches of the rose from various angles.
Choose the side where the flower looks best. If the rosebud is quite complex, then it is important to correctly indicate its proportions. To do this, study how the leaves, stem and bud relate to each other in size and size.
Now that the most spectacular side of the rose is selected, you can start drawing. Do not get distracted by various details and look more at the rose itself than at the picture. It is advisable to stand in one place, because if you move or lean to study the details of the rose, then the point of view on the subject will change, and the drawing will eventually turn out to be incorrect, especially in terms of the ratio of its parts.
After you have sorted out the composition and made the outlines, draw the general parts of the flower head and its key components, carefully observing the proportions. Next, you should show the structure of the bud and the ratio of tones, add leaves and stem and some general details.
Add a variety of details to the drawing that emphasize the shape of the flower. To create the shape, use the tone and carefully work out all the components of the rose in the foreground. All details must complement each other. Often an inexperienced artist, trying to draw a rose, selects a certain detail and carefully draws it, but the rest simply adds, without careful study.
As you can see, drawing a rose is not difficult at all. But this is just the beginning - let's look at other examples of how you can draw this amazing flower.
How to draw a rose: examples
You can draw a rose like this:
And here is another simple example of a beautiful rose:
And here is already a difficult academic work in pencil - but the rose turns out wonderful:
1. The contour of a rosebud is easy to draw
First you need to draw the outline of the rosebud petals. It is not difficult to draw a circle at the top of a sheet of paper for this. It is not necessary to draw it perfectly even, it is important to consider that the rose flower will be inside this outline, so immediately draw a suitable size for the outline of the bud. Do not forget that the bright lines are secondary and in the next steps of the drawing we will remove them. draw a rose continue in the next step, but for now, add a stem to the bud.
2. How to draw rose petals
First, draw the still unopened part of the bud in the very center of the rose. After that, divide the bud into two parts with a line (in the figure it is blue). Now it will be convenient and easy to draw the lines of the petals of the left and right parts of the bud.
3. Draw the leaves and bud details
Now you need to draw rose petals in detail. The contours of the petals do not have to be copied exactly from my drawing, they may have a different shape.
4. We continue to draw the petals
First, draw the stem of the flower with leaves. The number of branches and leaves draw arbitrarily. The main thing is not to make the leaves too big. Note that rose leaves are veined. For greater realism, they also need to be drawn. It remains to remove the extra contours and draw the petals in detail. In the correct image of the petals lies the whole beauty of the rose pattern. The top outline of each petal is drawn with two lines joining at the edge of the petal. This gives the impression that the edges of the petals are bent. This will also help us in the next step to create shadows in the bud, which will make rose drawing voluminous.
5. How to shade a rose with a simple pencil
At this stage, you have already drawn a real rose, it remains only to add shadows to the flower drawing will become voluminous. Imagine which side the bright light will be on to determine which side of the rose will be more lit. Where there will be recesses between the petals, you need to draw the shadows "thicker", pressing harder on the pencil. Shadows should also be at the junction of the petals. Lightly rub with your finger all the areas shaded with a pencil. This method smooths out sharp pencil lines, and rose drawing will look softer.
6. Drawing a rose on a graphics tablet
The drawing will look much more spectacular if, instead of tinting with a simple pencil, paint the rose with paints or colored pencils. Be sure to consider lighting when coloring with colored pencil. Without shadows, the rose will look "flat", two-dimensional. A picture of a rose with a simple pencil can even be slightly "tinted" with colored pencils. This is how I made the drawing of a rosebud (see below).
Coloring a drawing of a rose with paints would be just perfect, but only if you have them and if you know how to use them.
A rose can be drawn in many ways. In this way, it is convenient to draw an opened bud, drawing in detail each rose petal. Do not forget that the bright lines are secondary and in the next step of the drawing we will remove them. This step of the drawing lesson without comments, it is an addition to the main lesson. At each stage, you need to add selected lines with a pencil. They are colored blue.
After you learn how to draw a picture of one rose correctly, you can proceed to a more difficult task - to draw a beautiful bouquet of roses. Pay attention to how real roses stand in a vase, some of them have small buds that have not yet opened, the stems are tilted, the leaves have different sizes. The best way to draw a bouquet of roses is to draw a living bouquet, first with a simple pencil, and then paint with paints. But even if you do not have a real bouquet of roses, you can draw roses from a color picture or photo.
My very first painting with roses. The still life is made with oil paints. Please do not criticize much, I was only 12 years old.
The lesson on how to draw a ballerina is designed for those who already know how to draw well, since it is not easy to draw a person, especially to be able to convey the grace and grace of the dance. Ballerinas are given flowers, so you can draw a bouquet of roses lying on the stage.
Almost all flower drawings on the site are made in stages on a graphics tablet. You can use a color picture to color a flower that you have drawn in stages with a simple pencil.
There are millions of flowers on our planet, several hundred varieties of roses alone. When drawing a bouquet, you can add tulips or several roses, the main thing is that the color of the rose is combined with other flowers. The bouquet in the picture can be decorated with ribbons, leaves from other flowers.
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If you are drawing a rose, a butterfly drawing can decorate and complement the rose drawing. Draw a butterfly flying up to the rose or sitting on the top leaf. There is no need to draw a butterfly on the bud itself, since this is the main object of the rose drawing.
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