Think About the Shapes

Learning how to draw a rose, like anything else, is largely a matter of looking at the flower and trying to see the different shapes that make it up.

Roses take on several forms during the period of blooming. In the bud stage, a rose is little more than an oval with a swirl at the top. As the rose begins to open it becomes fuller, revealing the unique shape of each petal. You can see that the petals are not symmetrical but overlap at different places. Don’t try to make your rose look too perfect. Perfection does not occur in nature.