How To Draw A Daisy Step By Step

How to Draw a Daisy for Beginners

A few weeks ago we learned how to draw a sunflower. Today we are going to learn how to draw a daisy. This is going to be a step by step how to draw lesson for beginner artists.

Let's look at at the materials we'll be using to draw a daisy.

After learning the basic steps to drawing a daisy you'll be able to draw your own using your own artistic style.

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Art Supplies

Cardstock

Pencil

Click eraser

Pink Pearl eraser

Pitt Artist pens

Bic Intensity markers

How to Draw a Daisy

The process for drawing a daisy is pretty similar to how we drew our sunflowers. There are only a few differences in the two flowers.

Let's take a look at a photo of an actual daisy.

What we notice about the daisy is that there is a circle in the center, that has quite a bit of texture to it.

The petals are fairly thin, and they overlap as the go around the center of the daisy. And there are some additional petals behind that first row, but not all the way around the flower.

There are quite a few individual petals.

We always want to use basic shapes as much as possible for your drawings, as discussed in Using Shapes to Draw.

So let's start our daisy drawing with a circle. I'm using a Pentel mechanical pencil, which I absolutely love. But you can use whatever type of pencil you're comfortable using.

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Next, choose a spot to start drawing in your petals. I usually start at the top but it really doesn't matter where you start at.

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For the next petal, we're going to draw it slightly behind the first one. This is called overlapping, and we can use it to show depth in our drawings.

Draw all of your petals with a similar shape. They should be fairly thin, and slightly longer than the length across the center of your flower. Keep working your way around the center of your daisy until you get back to where you started.

Daisy Drawing Petals and Stem

Next, work on your second row of petals. You don't need to draw an entire second row. Just add in a few petals randomly between some of the petals in your first row.

The stem of a daisy flower is mostly straight, with only a slight curve. And is pretty thin. You can add a stem or leave it off. That's up to you.

Daisy Drawing Outline

You'll need to decide how you want to finish your daisy drawing. This is up to you and will depend mostly on your artist style. But I'll show you one way to finish up your drawing.

Start by tracing over your pencil lines with a black marker. I'm using a Pitt Artist pen today.

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And then add in some extra details on the petals.

How to Draw a Daisy with Color

Next, add some color to your daisy and draw or color a background. I'm using Bic Intensity markers for my drawing.

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You can read more about why at, Bic Intensity Marker Review – Fine Point.

And if you need some help using markers, take a look at How to Blend Markers for Beginners.

Daisy Drawing Challenge

The only way to improve your drawings is with practice and repetition. The hard part about practicing is coming up with ideas and not getting bored.

So here are some ideas to get you started.

Funky colors – use something other than the normal colors you'd see in a daisy.
Play with the composition – draw your daisy super zoomed in. Or let it go off the edge of the paper. You could draw several flowers in one drawing.
Try doing some painted rocks featuring a daisy drawing. We have a beginner tutorial at, Rock Painting for Beginners.

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How to Draw a Daisy Easy Step by Step

Thank you for stopping by and learning how to draw a daisy today. Let us know if you did the challenge and how they turned out. And if you need some help with your drawings, leave a comment and we'll get back to you.