Orchid flowers amaze with a variety of shapes, shades, as well as simplicity and sophistication at the same time. But what is so special about buds of several petals? It may be that they are not usually located relative to each other. The multi-tonality of flowers, which are covered with a scattering of specks and intricate patterns, is also surprising. Let's try to translate this unusual image on paper, learning from this article how to draw an orchid in stages. Detailed instructions (along with working sketches) will help you easily create an amazing image in the form of a pencil drawing.
The main secrets of how to draw an orchid most similar to the real one
Before you begin to work, you need to familiarize yourself with the main distinguishing features of the flower. It is the presence of these details that, looking at the finished image, will allow us to say in the affirmative: "Yes, this is an orchid." We list them:
- The shape and interesting arrangement of the petals. As a rule, there are six of them - one central and the largest facing up, four almost identical, located symmetrically to each other and relative to the midline of the flower, and the last (the most unusual - terry, elongated, corrugated, etc.), looks down;
- A special center inside the bud with long stamens or an unusual ledge;
- The similarity of orchids with a wax flower. At first, a new blooming flower looks like an artificial one. The same stem and buds.
How to draw an orchid? Stage One - Sketching
- Mark the middle of the flower. You can draw a small oval. From it, on the sides, place two rounded and simultaneously pointed downward petals.
- Draw the other two similar to the previous ones, both in shape and size.
- Draw the smallest petal facing down.
- In this figure, there is no upper, largest petal, or perhaps it is, as it were, wrapped back. If desired, it can be finished with a flower in its upper part.
- The presented composition consists of a pair of images. Therefore, add to the sketch of the first flower an image of the second, which will be slightly tilted forward.
How to draw an orchid? Stage two - depict details
To make the picture look more realistic, apply finishing moments:
- Change the tone of the petals by solid hatching with a pencil. With this method, the orchid flower will become more convex and vibrant.
- Then, in the middle of each of the two buds, stamens, which will consist of several segments protruding upward. On the tip of each mark a small curl. Often in the drawings this part is depicted in the form of a whole part of an intricately curved shape.
- Give the petals some waviness.
- In addition to flowers, draw contour lines of the stems.
- Leaves have pointed ends and do not shine with splendor.
- Very refreshing drawing of a few unopened buds, in bulk located near the bud. They are usually depicted as small ovals on top of the stems.
Various design options
A sketch will look very interesting from an artistic point of view if it is decorated with colored pencils or paints. Of course, other techniques are somewhat more complicated, but the result will amaze the imagination with a surprisingly attractive result. When deciding how to draw an orchid and how, based, first of all, on the skill. But this does not prohibit experimenting and testing everything new and unusual.
So, we looked at how to draw an orchid with a pencil. If you wish, you can decorate the flower or use several performance techniques at the same time (paints, colored crayons, etc.). Isn't it wonderful?