How to Draw a Red Rose

by dmcrae1

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Intro: How to Draw a Red Rose

In this how to, I will be guiding you step by step in the process of drawing a beautiful red rose. Be sure to see the following steps provided by myself :). All images provided by I 365 Art.

There are 9 steps in total. Some tools you will need:

-pencil/pen
-paper
-a nice eraser

If you are doing this digitally, I would suggest using a decent pen tablet for this.


STEP 1: Step 1

Start off by drawing the rose petals. By the end of this tutorial, you should have about as many rose petals as in the preview picture :).

STEP 2: Step 2

Remember that the rose petals are not going to look exactly alike. Add some diversity to your petals.

STEP 3: Step 3

The different shapes of the rose petals are what make it such a beautiful flower.

STEP 4: Step 4

Notice that my rose is beginning to appear more layered as I go.

STEP 5: Step 5

This should be about the halfway mark at this point.

STEP 6: Step 6

The rose is becoming a lot more fleshed and is beginning to look, well, more like a rose! Almost there!

STEP 7: Step 7

This is the very last step for the actual rose. Now we move on to the leaves and stem!

STEP 8: Step 8

Draw some slender and slightly pointed leaves from underneath the rose bud. 

STEP 9: Step 9

For the last step, draw in your stem. And that's that! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions, feel free to write them below. Also, feel free to visit my daily art blog I 365 Art to see what i've been brewing lately! ;D

14 Comments

Deliah 10 months ago

May I ask why don’t you start off with a base shape im on 3rd step and so confused…..I’m just better having a shape to start with but as beautiful as your rose is I’m willing to try…also it looks like you’re drawing digitally?? Unfortunately I can’t afford an iPad and nice stylus trust me it holds me back ALOT!!!! Love your pictures so and wish me luck I’ve always had issues drawing roses and my dad killed my mother and she loved them so I want to draw them well

Natethegreat1234 4 years ago

You guys are so good at drawing! The only good thing that I can draw is a stick figure

Emily19 7 years ago

I learned to draw following an easy technique I found HERE.

NourM4 8 years ago

realy thankyou

kristina.vu1 9 years ago

thank you so much! very helpful, here is mine:

TieDIY 9 years ago

Cool! I use this all the time! Here's mine ;-D

thematthatter 11 years ago


I tried to do it in illustrator, i am brand new to illustrator so i still got some work to do.

adriana1616 11 years ago

i will try in the old-fashioned style (pencil and paper) n_n

thanks! explicit and simple :)