How to draw a cornflower easily and quickly?

Resting in nature, you probably have seen small blue flowers with non-standard flower petals.

A little bit about cornflowers

These flowers are called `` cornflowers. '' Whether this name has anything to do with the masculine name Vasily is reliably unknown.

This delicate flower with a melodious name is nothing more than a weed. But how beautiful!

Cornflower is a rather small flower, but not without its attractiveness and virtues. Here are a few facts.

1. Cornflower is better than other flowers for weaving wreaths. This, of course, is not so important, but when there is nothing to do in the country or in the village, you can check this statement.
2. This flower is used for medicinal purposes.
3. It is used in the manufacture of cosmetics.
4. Cornflower is especially loved by bees.
5. It is used in cooking as seasonings. It gives the dishes a taste of lemon and mint. And some even add cornflowers to the preservation and in the preparation of pastes.
6. Cornflowers can decorate a bouquet of wildflowers.
7. The flower is the national symbol of Estonia.
8. Cornflower appears in some folk tales and legends.

How to draw a cornflower with a pencil

Do you like to paint flowers? You will be interested to learn how to draw a cornflower. There is nothing complicated here, especially if you have already dealt with the image of flowers.

So let's get started. Let's figure out how to draw a cornflower with a pencil.

Take a blank sheet of paper, a simple pencil and an eraser.

1. In the middle of the leaf, draw a few stalks, and on their tops - something like an oval. It is not necessary that it is even. Now we’ll just outline the location of future flowers.
   
2. Inside the ovals, draw circles - the middle of the cornflowers. The petals of a triangular or trapezoidal shape should depart from them. This is a sketch, but try to draw the petals in the right places and give the flower the necessary shape.
3. Make the stem a little thicker.
   
4. Carefully draw the middle of each flower, trying to give it a shaggy look.
5. Petals also give a realistic look, making torn edges.
   
6. Under each flower, draw a voluminous receptacle, similar to an unopened bud.
7. Complete the picture with a few more stems with buds and a few leaves.
   

Here's how to draw a cornflower easily and quickly. If you wish, color the picture. To do this, you need colored pencils in green and blue.

There is another option on how to draw a cornflower. Draw a circle, there is another small circle in it - it will become the core. Spend a few radii. Erase unnecessary lines between the resulting petals. This drawing option is suitable for children, as it is quite light. Next to the main flower, you can draw an unopened bud. So the picture will look much more realistic.

How to draw a cornflower with paints?

We will analyze this topic in more detail. How to draw a cornflower with paints in stages? The following materials and tools will be required:

• paper;
• watercolor paints or gouache;
• brush;
• wax crayons (namely white).

Let's get started.

1. Rotate the sheet vertically. Draw white flowers with white chalk, as you did with a simple pencil. Draw only inflorescences. Remember that the edges of the petals of cornflowers with notches. Immediately determine the location of each flower.
2. Dip a wide brush in blue paint and draw across the entire surface of the sheet.
3. Next, take a thinner brush and paint the stems with leaves with green paint.
4. Add a blue tint to the flowers.
5. With black paint, use a thin brush to draw the core, trying to highlight the stamens. Put some white dots near the middle.
6. At the bottom of the sheet, you can draw grass to enliven the picture a bit.

Other ways to paint flowers

Here's how to draw a cornflower with paints and brushes. The picture can be framed. Show this technique to your child and explain how to paint flowers in such a straightforward way. It turns out believable, but does not require special artistic skills. How to draw flowers of other species? Also, using this principle, changing the shape of leaves and petals.

It is very convenient to draw cornflowers with crayons, with the help of which it turns out to create a specific roughness. For expressiveness, you can highlight the stamens with a black or blue felt-tip pen.