How to Draw Lotus

Do you want to make a Lotus drawing? If yes, below we have shared Lotus drawings’ step-by-step tutorial. This tutorial will be helpful for you to make lotus drawing with simple steps.

Supplies You Might Need

  • Pencil – I uses Artline pencils for my artworks, it comes with different grades.
  • Kneadable Eraser – For removing dirty stuff and lightning the value of shading these gummy erasers are very useful.
  • Sketchbook – A quality sketchbook.
  • Mechanical Pencil – 0.5mm mechanical pencils for drawing fine and precise lines.
  • Fixative Spray – For protection of art from smudging.
  • Blending Stump – Paper stumps for smooth blending.
  • Pencil Color – Its thick cores are perfect for shading and shadows.
  • Acrylic Color – This set of acrylic paint has all the necessary colors to paint anything.
lotus drawing featured image

Let’s jump into the tutorial to make a beautiful lotus!

Step 1 – To make a lotus drawing firstly, draw the lotus’s front petals in the middle of the paper.

first petal for rose

Step 2 – In the next step, draw three or four petals using HB or 2B pencil grade.

rose base patels

Step 3 – Continue to make lotus’s petals, then draw its big leaf & draw one or two water droplets on the leaf.

step 3 making lotus and its leaf

Step 4 – Now, draw a small lotus & leaf behind the petal’s, then draw the lotus’s buds.

Lotus final sketch

Step 5 – In the final step colour the lotus with light pink colour, then colour its leaf with light green & use light blue colour for water. Next use dark pink & green colours to make the flower more realistic.
Finally, the lotus’s drawing is completed.

lotus coloured image

All steps in single frame

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Lotus complete steps

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You can also check this post on “How to Draw a Spider Web

Keep Drawing!

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