How to Draw a Sunflower – Step by Step Drawing Tutorial

Learn how to draw a sunflower by following our easy step by step drawing tutorial. This drawing lesson is great for kids and grown-ups alike.

With just a few strokes and a dash of color, you will be admiring your very own sunflower drawing in no time.

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Drawing doesn’t need to be hard and guided drawing tutorials are a great way to build drawing confidence some kids lack. Flowers are especially fun, and while they may seem challenging they can be drawn fairly easily so be sure to also check our rose drawing tutorial as well as tulip drawing tutorial.

How to Draw a Sunflower Step by Step

What you need:

• our printable drawing guide (optional)
• pencil or black marker
• paper

Step by Step Sunflower Drawing Instructions

Step 1

Start by drawing a small circle. Circles can be hard to draw, but this one does not have to be perfect.

Step 2

Draw a larger circle around the first one. There are no rules when it comes to sizes as there is a lot of variety when it comes to sunflowers, some have larger inner circles of seeds and others have smaller ones.

Step 3

Draw little dots inside the smaller circle – these are the seeds. Start by drawing the first set of petals. Draw four of them.

Step 4

Draw another set of petals, next to the first ones.

Step 5

And another. Depending on the size of your circles and the size of the petals you might need to draw more. Don’t worry about any spaces blank between the petals.

Step 6

Draw little V shapes between the two petals. This adds another (bottom) layer of sunflower petals.

Step 7

Draw a stem. Also, draw lines for the leaves. Depending on how long you made your stem, you might end up with just one, two, or even more of these lines.

Step 8

Draw teardrop leaves shapes.

Step 9

Add in the details on the leaves. Congratulations, you have learned how to draw a sunflower.

Step 10

The only thing left to do is to bring life to your sunflower drawing by coloring it in.