Discover how to draw a gorgeous tulip in easy steps! Perfect for beginners, unleash your creativity, and impress with your newfound skills!
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This How to Draw a Tulip tutorial is so fun for the kids to learn the easy step-by-step lesson on how to make their own realistic tulip drawing.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw a beautiful tulip? Or has your child wanted to draw their own most beautiful flowers? Well, you're in luck because today, we're going to dive into the wonderful world of drawing flowers!
Tulips are not only gorgeous to look at, but they're also super fun to draw. With just a few simple steps and some practice, you'll be able to create your very own tulip masterpiece. Grab your pencils and let's get started on this exciting artistic journey!
Tulip Drawing
First things first, let's talk about what makes a tulip unique. Tulips come in all sorts of colors and shapes, but they typically have a recognizable cup-like shape with six petals. Drawing a tulip might seem a bit daunting at first, but don't worry, we'll break it down into easy-to-follow steps.
From sketching the basic outline to adding details like the petals and stem, you'll soon discover that drawing a tulip is as easy as pie (or should I say, as easy as planting tulip bulbs!). So get ready to unleash your creativity and impress your friends and family with your newfound drawing skills!
Be sure to also check our other Easy Drawings For Kids of Flowers - How To Draw a Flower and How to Draw a Rose.
Easy Tulip Drawing
Fun simple tulip flower drawing with step-by-step instructions is a great way for kids of all ages to follow along and create their own easy tulip drawing. Each step is broken into steps with a basic shape or a curved line, nothing too complicated.
Until they start going for it, they don't realize how freeing it can be to create something with your or their hand. The best way to start is to just do it!
Before starting to draw, we also want to ensure you have the right tools. Here are the drawing piece of paper, and drawing pencils, we like to use.
How To Draw a Tulip Step-by-Step
Don't forget to print out the printable tulip drawing tutorial at the bottom and follow along. Grab your sheet of paper and let's draw together!
Tulip Heads
The first step is to draw the U shape for the cup of the tulip. For the top of the flower draw a few wavy lines.
The next step is to draw two slightly curved vertical lines from the top of the flower to the bottom of the flower. These will create the first petal and second petal. Then add a few additional inner lines from the bottom of the wavy top of the flower petals to the two vertical lines from the previous step. This creates inner petals.
Stem of Your Flower
For the simple shape of the step, draw a vertical line at the bottom center of the flower. Then draw a second vertical line narrowing slightly towards the bottom.
Next is to draw the tulip leaves starting from the bottom of the stem. Start an inch or two below the bottom of your stem and draw up and then curve to the right stopping slightly off from the bottom right side of the tulip bud. Create a point and then draw a curved leaf back down to the starting point. Then draw another leaf off the left side of the stem to a similar place from the other side.
*Check out our How to Draw a Leaf for extra help!
The last step is to outline the shape of the tulip with a black marker on the final lines and erase any extra lines you had while sketching.
Coloring Your Tulip Drawing
If you choose to color your drawing more like tulip coloring pages, consider using vibrant and bright colors to capture the beauty of this flower. Reds, pinks, yellows, and purples are all common tulip colors but feel free to get creative with your different colors.
Once you've mastered flower drawings, why not turn it into a heartfelt greeting card? Kids can personalize their tulip drawings with warm messages and vibrant colors to create the perfect Mother's Day surprise! Whether it's a simple "I love you" or a special thank you message, moms will surely cherish the handmade touch. Plus, crafting their own cards adds an extra layer of love and creativity that's bound to make Mother's Day even more memorable. So, grab those colored pencils and let your imagination bloom!
Happy Drawing!
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Download the Free Printable Tulip Drawing Lesson
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How To Draw a Tulip
Ingredients
Instructions
- Don't forget to print out the printable tulip drawing tutorial at the bottom and follow along. Grab your sheet of paper and let's draw together!
- The first step is to draw the U shape for the cup of the tulip. For the top of the flower draw a few wavy lines.
- The next step is to draw two slightly curved vertical lines from the top of the flower to the bottom of the flower. These will create the first petal and second petal. Then add a few additional inner lines from the bottom of the wavy top of the flower petals to the two vertical lines from the previous step. This creates inner petals.
- For the simple shape of the step, draw a vertical line at the bottom center of the flower. Then draw a second vertical line narrowing slightly towards the bottom.
- Next is to draw the tulip leaves starting from the bottom of the stem. Start an inch or two below the bottom of your stem draw up and then curve to the right stopping slightly off from the bottom right side of the tulip bud. Create a point and then draw a curved leaf back down to the starting point. Then draw another leaf off the left side of the stem to a similar place from the other side.
- The last step is to outline the shape of the tulip with a black marker on the final lines and erase any extra lines you had while sketching.
- If you choose to color your drawing more like tulip coloring pages, consider using vibrant and bright colors to capture the beauty of this flower. Reds, pinks, yellows, and purples are all common tulip colors but feel free to get creative with your different colors.
Equipment
- Pencil
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