
The ends taper but are still (slightly) round.

Sunflower petals are long, elongated and rounded. Since we are going for a realistic flower, the lines can be slightly off. The guidelines don’t have to be perfectly in the centre each time. One last time we divide the remaining space in half (purple). Next, divide the newly created spaces in half again (green color).Īnd yet again we divide these new parts in half (blue).

Start by dividing the circles horizontally and vertically in half. To evenly space these petals, we draw guidelines. Draw guidelines for the pedalsĪ sunflower has layered petals. Don’t make it too small, or it will look like a daisy. The key characteristic of sunflowers ar their big centres. This circle represents the brown centre of the sunflower. Next, we draw another circle but this time it will be smaller. This circle is what the outer tips of the petals are going to touch. Now that we know the approximate size of our sunflower, we draw a circle. Next, sketch a few circles where your leaves are going to be. Start by sketching a circle that represents the flower and a line that represents the stem. Take the size of your canvas into consideration! This way you won’t draw too big or too little. By drawing these shapes we estimate how big we want our subject to be.

Bounding boxes are shapes that represent the size of our object. The first step is to roughly sketch in our bounding box.
