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How to Draw a Cherry Blossom
Draw a cherry blossom in 10 easy steps, about 8 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: big puff.
Step 1: Big puff
High up, start on the left. Draw 5 round bumps over to the right, then 3 shallow bumps back underneath.
Step 2: Two more puffs
Start lower left. Draw a smaller puff: 4 bumps over, 2 back to the start. Do another lower right.
Step 3: The trunk
Start under the big puff. Draw 2 bending lines down, wider apart at the bottom, each ending in a root.
Tip A tree trunk is thinner at the top and a little bent, not a straight post.
Step 4: Left branch
From the left trunk line, draw 2 lines curving up into the left puff. Rub out the trunk line between.
Step 5: Right branch
From the right trunk line, draw the same branch up into the right puff. Rub out the trunk line between.
Step 6: Little blossoms
Draw tiny flowers of 5 round petals inside the puffs: 4 on the big puff, 2 on each small puff.
Step 7: Drifting petals
Draw a few tiny petals drifting down from the puffs, each a little curved sliver like a grain of rice.
Step 8: Ground and grass
Draw a long ground line under the roots, well left to well right. Add grass blades beside the trunk.
Step 9: Pink blossom
Colour all 3 puffs pink, going round the little flowers. Leave the flowers white.
Step 10: Petals and trunk
Colour the drifting petals pink, then the trunk and both branches brown. Your tree is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cherry blossom, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
