How to Draw a Daffodil

Today we will learn to paint the beautiful spring flowers called daffodils. The painting of flowers draw in pencil will help to draw the daffodils easily and without mistakes using paints in the future. Daffodil is a dainty and wonderful flower. It has an unusual shape and a strong dizzying aroma. The white and yellow daffodil flowers decorate the flowerbeds and gardens. And even the more beautiful things are the daffodils flowering in the wild nature.

For example, look at the Valley of daffodils:

The materials for Drawing

• paper for sketching;
• graphite pencils of different hardness;
• eraser;
• white pastel

Drawing Daffodils Step by Step

Let`s take a closer look at the daffodils, understand the peculiarities of these flowers and create good sketches. We are going to draw a daffodil flower at different angles with the help of a pencil so that it will be easy to depict these flowers in the shape of a bouquet or on the lawn.

Let`s look at the picture which we should get as a result of our painting lesson:

Outline the Extent and the Foreshortening of Flowers

At the initial stage of our online painting lesson, we should locate our flowers on the piece of paper in the right way. Outline the stems and foreshortening of each flower. Leave enough space for each of the daffodils.

Also, it is necessary to sketch out the center of a flower — a tubuliform envelope that individualizes a daffodil from other flowers.

Mark out the direction of six petals.

Slightly outline the extent of our flowers with the help of circles or ovals. These circles and ovals will help us draw a flower with leaves of a similar length and shape.

Let`s come over to the next stage of our monochromatic painting lesson and

Draw the Petals of the Daffodils

At first, you can have a little practice drawing the separate petals of daffodils in different. Here is an example:

Now when you have done this, you can draw the daffodil petals on our painting.

Daffodil Stems Leaves and Flower Buds

When painting daffodils, it is important to pay attention to the shape of their stems. These items have their own distinctive features. The daffodil stem is not of the same thickness. Its lower part is significantly thicker than the upper one. And a thin tube of the stem ends up with the bend and thickness on the upper part (at the base of a flower).

• The daffodil leaves are easy to draw; they are long and thin and end up with a sharp tip.
• The flower buds are usually greHow to draw a daffodil stately elongated in the shape of a drop.
• Also do not forget to draw the stamens in the center of a daffodil flower.
At the next stage of our free painting lesson, we show the bends of leaves and petals, the relief, and some details. And we mark the color of the dainty daffodils with the help of white pastel.

Video Tutorial – How to Draw a Daffodil

Let`s watch a short painting lesson video, which shows how to create a picture of daffodils, and draw these wonderful flowers together.

I hope this simple art lesson has been interesting and useful for you and you have got a great picture of daffodils.
I am waiting for your comments and paintings! I wish you success in your creative work!