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How to Draw a Lilac Bush
Draw a lilac bush in 11 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: the left side.
Step 1: The left side
Start low on the left. Draw 5 big soft bumps climbing up and over, and stop at the top middle.
Step 2: The right side
Start where the top bump ended. Draw 4 more bumps down the right side, stopping level with where you began.
Step 3: The bottom
Start at the bottom of the left bump. Draw a straight ground line and stop at the bottom right bump.
Step 4: Flower cones on top
On top of the bush, draw 2 tall bumpy cones that point up. Rub out the bush line inside them.
Step 5: Three more cones
Draw a bumpy cone poking out of each side, and 1 low in the middle. Rub out lines inside them.
Step 6: Tiny flowers
In each top cone, draw 3 tiny flowers with 4 round petals, like a plus sign.
Step 7: More tiny flowers
Draw 3 more tiny 4-petal flowers in each of the other 3 cones, spread out.
Step 8: Ground and grass
From each bottom corner, draw a ground line out towards the paper's edge. Flick up 2 grass blades each side.
Step 9: Pink flowers
Colour all the tiny flowers pink.
Step 10: Green bush
Colour the bush leaf green right to the bumpy edge, going round the cones.
Step 11: Purple lilacs
Colour the cones purple around the pink flowers. Go over your lines and your lilac bush is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a lilac bush, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
