How to Draw a Rose

This is a drawing of a rose. There are many ways to draw a rose due to the fact that there are many different views and stages of the flower. It can be fun to learn to draw and draw new things, starting with something as simple as a rose for beginners.

Gather all materials needed. This will include a sheet of paper, a pencil, and an eraser. If you would like to add color to the finished drawing, you will also need some crayons, colored pencils, or markers.

Begin, with drawing a small oval towards the middle of the paper. This will be the center of the rose where the petals unfold. It doesn't need to be perfect or perfectly centered.

Within the oval, add a small spiral. This spiral represents the petals that are folded tightly within the flower, which creates depth and helps the outer petals flow.

Next, draw a slightly curved half oval extending just beyond the initial oval. This is going to be a petal and begin the outer area of the rose.

Now, begin adding petals to the rose by continuing to draw the same thing around the center. When doing this, keep in mind that the petals should be narrower at the base and curve outwards at the top. Feel free to add funky shapes to the oval as not all petals look alike or perfect. This will make the rose appear as though it is blooming and look more realistic.

Now, just continue adding varying petal shapes around the previously drawn ones until you feel you have reached a satisfactory size and look. Note that as you draw more petals, they should be getting bigger the farther out from the center you go. I recommend making the top petals thinner in length up and down, and a little longer in length going around the rose. This will make the rose appear as though it is tilting slightly down as the flower blooms.

Now, draw around 3-5 outer petals on the outside, curling away from the center oval. This will finish up the rose itself and help make it look like it is really blooming.

Now, before we can draw the stem, we need to add sepals, which are the little green leaves just under the rose where the flower blooms from. Draw two small, long triangles connecting to the rose somewhere along the bottom; you can also think of this as a 'W' shape.

Next, we need to draw the stem. Draw a curving line down from bottom of the rose. Draw a parallel line down the other side and connect them with a straight horizontal line. If needed, adjust the bottom to make it slightly bigger just at the bottom. Draw a small, longer oval just under the bottom of the stem. This creates depth for the stem. Note, take into account the direction your rose is facing when drawing the stem. If the rose appears to be facing the right, you are going to want to put the stem more towards the bottom left of the rose, curving it slightly right. This helps with the cohesion of realism.

Now, draw a few leaves, about 2-3, coming out along the stem. These leaves should take on a longer and slightly more oval triangle shape and be angled up towards the rose. You can also add a few thorns along the stem if you would like. You can do this by drawing small triangles, angled and untangled along and within the stem.

Finally, finish the drawing up by going over it and adding any shading, color, or additional details. One I would suggest is to draw a line in the center of each leaf and several lines coming off of it but not connecting with the outer line of the leaf. You can also add more petals wherever you feel necessary.