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How to Draw a Peony
Draw a peony 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: bud and cupped petals.
Step 1: Bud and cupped petals
Near the top draw a walnut-sized circle with a curved line inside. Round it draw 6 little cupped petals.
Step 2: Six wavy petals
Start on the small petals and draw a plump petal with a wavy top, back again. Draw 6 round them.
Step 3: Four outer petals
Draw 4 big ruffly petals down the right side, each starting and ending on the ring.
Step 4: Four more petals
Draw 4 more big ruffly petals down the left side, from the ring back to the ring.
Step 5: The stem
From under the flower draw a curved line down to near the bottom. Draw a second, wider at the bottom.
Step 6: Two leaves
A hand below the flower draw a fat leaf out left and back to the stem. Same on the right.
Step 7: Leaf veins
From the stem draw 1 gently curved vein line out along each leaf, stopping just short of the tip.
Step 8: Ground and grass
Start near the left edge and draw a soft ground line across, ending near the right edge. Add grass blades.
Step 9: Pink outer petals
Colour the 8 big outer petals pink, right to the edges.
Step 10: Pink middle
Colour the inner petals, the little cupped petals and the bud pink too, so the whole bloom is pink.
Step 11: Green stem and leaves
Colour the stem and both leaves leaf green. Go over your lines and your peony is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a peony, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
