How to Draw a Dandelion Easy, Step-by-Step Art Lesson for Kids
Below you’ll find several ideas for how to draw (and paint!) dandelions. Simple lines can look so pretty!
This How to Draw a Dandelion tutorial shows how striking line drawings can be, when they are kept to just a few simple shapes. A very pretty dandelion can be drawn with just a stem, round center and lots of feathery seeds. Make a few of them flow away and you have a very pretty summer drawing.
Dandelions are a symbol for healing, whether from emotional or physical pain, and also surviving hard times as dandelions are the most persistent flower that never gives up. When you give someone a single dandelion or a bouquet, you’re giving a message of hope, telling the recipient to not give up and to persevere to sunnier times ahead.
Materials for a Dandelion Drawing and Painting
- Watercolor paper*
- Bleeding Tissue paper*
- Pencil
- Ultra Fine Point Permanent Black marker*
- Paint Brush
- Scissors
- Rubber Cement*
- Water container
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Directions to Paint a Dandelion
Time needed: 45 minutes
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Draw the flower centers and stems.
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Add radiating stem lines out from each center.
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Draw little caps on the ends of each seed stem.
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Add a few that are blowing away, if you wish. (Pun intended!)
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Paint a circle of rubber cement over each flower. Go over it several times.
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Cut strips of bleeding tissue paper, apply with water.
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Let it set for a few minutes to absorb the color.
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Remove the tissue, and let dry a bit. Rub the rubber cement off.
Use the button below to grab this painting PDF tutorial
Use the button below to grab this PDF tutorial
Simple Dandelion Drawing
