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How to Draw Sunflower Seeds
Draw sunflower seeds 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: bottom of the heap.
Step 1: Bottom of the heap
Across the lower middle draw 4 plump teardrop seeds lying on their sides, pointing left and right.
Tip The point is where the seed was fixed to the flower.
Step 2: Second row
Draw 3 more seeds resting in the dips between them, leaning different ways.
Step 3: Top of the heap
Put 2 last seeds on top, one leaning left and one leaning right, to make a soft round pile.
Step 4: Stripes
On each bottom seed draw 2 thin curved stripes along the sides, from the point towards the fat end.
Step 5: More stripes
Give each of the other 5 seeds 2 thin curved stripes along the sides too.
Step 6: A cracked one
Right of the heap draw a cracked shell lying down: 2 striped halves joined at the left, opening right.
Step 7: The kernel
Join the right ends of the 2 halves with a small round bump. That is the kernel peeking out.
Step 8: The table
Draw a table line under the heap and the cracked seed, from well left to well right.
Step 9: Tan kernel
Go over your lines, then colour the kernel tan.
Step 10: Grey striped shells
Colour every seed and both shell halves dark grey. Leave the stripes white, and your seeds are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: sunflower seeds, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
