How to Sketch a Rose

STEP 1. The easiest way to begin sketching a rose is to make a fancy style S that has a curled in tip at the top.

STEP 2. When you start sketching out the rose petals, you can begin to see how the S actually forms the base of the rose bud or center part of the rose bloom. Sketch in some nice rounded but pointed petals that has a nice center swirl.

STEP 3. Continue to sketch in more petals, but this time the petals are larger, and a bit more full looking. At this point the rose starts to take on a bloomed form.

STEP 4.

Starting at the right, begin sketching out more of the rose petals. There should be a smaller shaped petal, as well as a larger shaped petal that points in the center.

STEP 5. ow that the rose is all sketched out all you ha!e to start doing now is sketch out the lea!es which are in three. Sketch in the center of the lea!es like so, then proceed to the ne"t step.

STEP 6. #nce you ha!e cleaned up the rose freeing it from mistakes, you can start sketching in the shading starting at the center of the rose, and then slowly work your way out on the first fold of the rose petal. shaded to darkly. otice how there are light spots which are not

STEP 7. $ou will continue to sketch in the shading which adds detail, definition and te"ture to your rose. well which is all part of the base shading process. otice the crosshatching as

STEP 8. Continue to shade in the rose petals like so, and all you ha!e to do is follow the darkness and lightly shaded areas of the rose like you see here. %se the rose abo!e as your guide.

STEP 9.

Shade more of petals until they are all shaded in. There are lighter areas to the shading process as well as darkened areas as well.

STEP 10. Work on getting the base shading done on the lea!es, and when you are done mo!e to step ele!en.

STEP 11. $ou will start adding your light source to the rose. &o this by simply erasing and smudging until you get the areas lighter like you see it done here on the rose.

STEP 12. Soften the rose shading process and when you're done your sketch should look like the rose you see here. ( hope you en)oyed this lesson on sketching a rose.