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How to Draw a Bird of Paradise Flower
Draw a bird of paradise flower in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the boat.
Step 1: The boat
Above the middle draw a long pointed boat lying on its side, with a sharp point at the right.
Tip The pointed green boat looks like a bird's beak.
Step 2: The stem
Under the boat's left end draw a stem of 2 lines down to the bottom, wider at the foot.
Step 3: The first orange petal
Start on the boat near its left end. Draw a long narrow spike up left, back to the boat.
Step 4: Three more petals
Start a little further along the boat each time. Draw 3 more spikes, each leaning more to the right.
Step 5: The blue tongue
Near the pointed end, start on the boat. Draw a fat blue spike leaning up right, back to the boat.
Step 6: A big leaf
Left of the stem draw a thin stalk from the ground leaning up left, with a big paddle leaf.
Step 7: A second leaf
Right of the stem do the same: a thin stalk from the ground leaning up right, with a shorter leaf.
Step 8: Ground and grass
Draw a ground line nearly edge to edge. Add 2 grass spikes on each side of the plant.
Step 9: Orange petals
Go over your lines, then colour the 4 spiky petals orange.
Step 10: Blue tongue
Colour the tongue bright blue.
Step 11: Green leaves
Colour both leaves and their stalks leaf green.
Step 12: Green boat and stem
Colour the boat and the stem dark green, and your bird of paradise is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bird of paradise flower, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
