How to Draw a Daisy

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1. Bước 1

   Lay in one light circle for the head.

   The circle sets the finished size and stops the petals creeping outward as you add them - the commonest way a flower drawing ends up twice its intended size. Keep it light; it comes off at the end.

   Cẩn thận! Skipping the circle and letting the petals sprawl.

   Kiểm tra The circle should be the size you want the finished head.

2. Bước 2

   Draw the centre.

   Everything radiates from the centre, so it goes down first, and every later petal is judged against it. Slightly off-centre reads more naturally than dead middle - real flowers are rarely symmetrical.

   Cẩn thận! Starting with petals and fitting a centre in afterwards.

   Kiểm tra The centre should sit within the guide circle, roughly middle.

3. Bước 3

   Draw the first half of the petals.

   Vary them as you go: a couple wider, one shorter, one overlapping its neighbour, and none exactly opposite another. Identical petals arranged evenly around a circle read as a printed logo, never as a flower.

   Cẩn thận! Making every petal the same width and length.

   Kiểm tra No two adjacent petals should match exactly.

4. Bước 4

   Fill in the other half.

   The second half has to negotiate with the first - some petals now tuck BEHIND ones already drawn. That overlap is what gives the head depth.

   Cẩn thận! Squeezing the remaining petals to fit without overlap.

   Kiểm tra At least two petals should pass behind others.

5. Bước 5

   Darken the middle disc.

   The centre is the darkest part of almost every flower - it is effectively a hole into shadow, and the eye reads depth from it. Commit to it now so the values around it have something to key against.

   Cẩn thận! A pale centre, which makes the head look flat.

   Kiểm tra The centre should be darker than any petal.

6. Bước 6

   Add the stem, coming from behind the head.

   From behind the head, never from its bottom edge, and with a slight curve - a dead-straight stem reads as wire. It is thicker than you expect near the head.

   Cẩn thận! A ruler-straight stem meeting the head's outline.

   Kiểm tra The stem should vanish behind a petal.

7. Bước 7

   Draw the foliage.

   Different heights, different sizes, never opposite each other in a matched pair, and each angled its own way off the stem. Leaves are the place where flower drawings go symmetrical and die.

   Cẩn thận! Two matched leaves at the same height, like a logo.

   Kiểm tra The two leaves should differ in height and size.

8. Bước 8

   Put in the petal veining.

   A few veins on the nearest petals only, each following its petal's curve from base to tip. Texture on every petal flattens the head; texture on the near ones pulls them forward.

   Cẩn thận! Veining every petal equally.

   Kiểm tra The far petals should stay clean.

9. Bước 9

   Shade under the petals.

   Each petal casts a small shadow on the one behind it. Those little wedges of dark are what separate the layers - without them the petals dissolve into one shape.

   Cẩn thận! Shading whole petals instead of the overlaps.

   Kiểm tra You should be able to tell which petal is in front.

10. Bước 10

    Add the daisy specifics.

    Whatever identifies the species goes on now, and only now - detail added before the structure works just gets erased along with the structure. Put it where it matters most and then stop early.

    Cẩn thận! Leading with the identifying detail before the form works.

    Kiểm tra The flower should read as its species at arm's length.

11. Bước 11

    Darken the very middle once more.

    Push the centre darker than feels safe, in two or three passes rather than one heavy scrub. Beginners stop two steps short of dark enough, and the centre is the one place you can commit without risk.

    Cẩn thận! Timid values in the middle.

    Kiểm tra Squint: the centre should read first.

12. Bước 12

    Darken the final lines, rub out the guide.

    Weight the outer petal edges and the stem, keep veins light, and erase the guide circle completely - any surviving arc of it reads as a halo hanging behind the finished flower.

    Cẩn thận! Leaving the construction circle visible.

    Kiểm tra No arc of the guide circle should survive.