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Draw a Lily: Simple Steps to Stunning Floral Art

teacher avatar Tammie Ann Creative, Artist & Crafter

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction

      1:05

    • 2.

      Supplies

      0:54

    • 3.

      Anatomy

      2:07

    • 4.

      Draw the Front View

      9:36

    • 5.

      Draw the Side View

      7:37

    • 6.

      Class Project

      1:28

    • 7.

      Thank You

      1:02

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About This Class

Lilies are known for their graceful, flowing petals and striking details, making them a beautiful subject for botanical illustration. In this class, you’ll learn to sketch and ink a lily step by step, breaking down its natural curves and unique petal structure into clean, manageable lines.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Flower Study: Explore the petal arrangement, natural curves, and signature markings of lilies.

  • Step-by-Step Sketching: Draw the flower from both front and side views, learning how to capture its bold, flowing form.

  • Inking Techniques: Use line weight, subtle shading, and dot details to emphasize the delicate yet dramatic nature of the lily.

Why You’ll Love This Class:

  • Perfect for artists ready to explore more dynamic floral shapes – The lily’s bold curves and fine details make it an exciting flower to draw.

  • Minimal supplies required – Just a pencil, paper, pen, and eraser.

  • Master expressive floral illustration – Learn how to balance strong, structured lines with flowing organic forms.

Optional Tools:

  • Different Nib Size Ink Pens
  • Colored Pens
  • Colored Pencils
  • Opaque white pen
  • Ruler

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Tammie Ann Creative

Artist & Crafter

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Hello Everybody,

Thanks for stopping over and visiting my Skillshare page. I'm Tammie from Tammie Ann Creative.

My art can be described as whimsical with bursts of color. Color is something I'm drawn to and one reason I've been drawn to acrylics, gouache, watercolor, polymer clay and digital art pads.

I'm teaching on Skillshare because I love sharing my love of paint, mixed media and Cricut crafting art with others. I also do some digital art with a focus on Procreate!

Over the years, I've lived in many places including Alaska, Texas, Rhode Island, Oregon, Washington, Rome and London. All of these places influence my art and my love of travel.

I'm also on Instagram as @TammieAnnCreative and on YouTube under that same channel name.

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Transcripts

1. Introduction: Are you ready to draw graceful and bold lilies? Well, I'm here to help you do that. With my step by step guides, you're going to be able to draw the lily from the front view, as well as the side view. And I'll be here to show you how to do that line by line. I'm Tammy, a mixed media artist from Texas, and I'm excited to show you this flower that I love. It's one of the flowers that I used to see at work all the time, and it comes with so much scent that it really blows you away. But it also comes with a beautiful flower. That I just love to draw. It comes in many different colors and varieties, and I'm going to show you all the distinct pieces to this lily. So let's get into talking about what supplies you're going to need in the next lesson. I'll see you there. 2. Supplies: For supplies, you just need a pencil, some paper, and an eraser. Any eraser will do have a few different types here. A black pen, I have some microns here that come in different nib sizes, and I bought a four pack up at Walmart for around $10, and there's different sizes in there. A sharpener for your pencil? And then the rest of these items are just extras if you happen to have them. Some colored pencils, some colored pens. These have a fine nib on them. A ruler, that's just to help you with sizing, and then a white gel pen if you're coloring your flowers to give that extra pop of white. So that's it. Those are all the supplies you'll need. 3. Anatomy: Et's go over the lies anatomy. You can get these sheets in the projects and resources area of the website. They'll be the anatomy sheet and reference images. They're just beautiful. I got quite a few of the references from unsplash.com. It's a free reference site. The lily represents purity and renewal. It's great in bouquets and in gardens. It's just a beautiful flower for your garden. It's native to Europe, Asia, and North America. And it comes in loads of different colors and varieties. Here's the lily anatomy sheet. You're going to find six very large beautiful petals. And then you're going to see six stamens. They're around that area, and they go in different directions. You also have the pistol, which is right there in the middle of the stamens. You also have a stem and these little leaves. You can see those on the roughened images. And you can also see these more flowers that have not opened yet. So these reference pages are really great to get an idea of the colors and how the different flowers from different views lay out. You can see the pistol there in the stamens. And you can also see the different curves on some, whereas on some others, they're very, like, just straight. So there's lots of different varieties, and those varieties have different puddles. Then you see here in the middle, a lot of the different varieties have these little spots, some more than others. This is a stargazer lily, and it has a huge amount of dots in that really hot pink color. They're really popular in bouquets. 4. Draw the Front View: Let's draw the lily from the front view. You can get this step by step sheet from the projects and resources area, and you're just going to follow along with me. Step one, start with three beautiful petals like this. It's sort of a triangle, and I'm going to make sure that it's easy for you by breaking this down into these smaller little steps in different shapes. Pause if you need extra time and as if you need to as well. Just go at your own pace and make sure to pause. Step two, add three back petals like this. Don't forget to add those little curls that shows the petal is curved over. Step three. Let's now add in the six stamens. These have oval like shapes at the top. And depending on which direction they go, it'll look like it's straight up or to the side. Step four. Here you go to add in the pistol. It goes up and then it has this little shape at the top, sort of like a what is it called a puppy toes? That's what I call it. And now we're also going to add loads of texture all those little lines. And you're going to add as much texture as you like. Just make sure that your lines are going in the direction of the petal outside to the inside. And I'm going to be doing a pull and flick motion with my pencil. This is the time where you really get to add your own personalities. You're going to add in those large and small dots, and you get to decide how many you want based on what type of lily you want to have. Some lies have loads of dots and some have just a few. You can get close to reference if you like, or just go in your own direction and add whatever dots you want. Once you're done, we'll be moving on to doing some erasing. Because I have such a dark pen here for it to show up on camera or pencil, in this case, the pencils really dark. I'm gonna be erasing here for a while, and I'm gonna speed things up. So you're gonna be using, like, the number two, so that's not as dark. So just erase, but don't erase to the point that you can't see your lines. Now that you're done erasing, let's move on to using your pen. In my case, I'm going to use this number five nibb pen. If you just have a regular black pen that works too. But if you have different pens with different nibs, use your larger nibbed pen. Just going to do the outsides of the flour and those stamens and the pistol here. I'll speed things up if need be, and you'll just need to pause as you like. Feel free to pause anywhere in these videos and catch up as you need. So let's move on to that smaller nib, if you have one. If you don't have one, just go with the regular pen that you already are using. We're gonna do all those lines, and we're going to use that pull and flick motion, and it just creates a beautiful line. Then use both of your pens, the big one and the small one, if you have those to create those little dots like this. And I think that really brings the flower to life. And as I said, make as many or as few dots as you like and add your own personality to this flower. And that's it. So now let's move on to drawing the lily from the side view. I'll see you in the next lesson. 5. Draw the Side View: Let's draw the lily from the side view. You can get this step by step guide in the projects and resources area, and you're just gonna follow along with me. I'll go over all the steps and break the flower down into simple shapes. Step one. So start with a curvy petal and an arch layout. And you might find that turning your paper to the side is how you want to do this one because it's more wide. Take your time and pause as needed. Some of these shapes can take longer than others, and sometimes you just have to get your feel for where you're on the paper, and refer to your step by step guide as needed. Step two. Let's add three more petals to fill in the shape. Step three. Let's add those six stamens and the pistol. And you can make them longer or shorter. The stamens go in lots of different directions, and you're just going to create that little shape there at the top for the pistol. Step four, let's now texturize the flower with these lines. You're going to pull and flick the pencil, you're going to create loads of texture, and you get to add as many or as few lines as you like to add your own personality to this flower. I find grouping these lines in threes can add some extra depth and really give you that feel for Oh, this flower is bending and has loads of texture. Also like to add some of these lines in twos. These lines give the flower shape as the flower moves in different directions. And that can also show I can also show when a flower is bent over or extra deep, like a groove. Once you're done, we're gonna move on to lightly erasing, so pause as needed. You're gonna lightly erase this flower, making sure that your lines are still semi visible but not bold. Let's move on to using your pen. I'm going to use my number five larger nib and I'm going to go over all the outsides of the flower. The little internal areas, I'm going to wait to use my smaller nib. So I'm also going to do the stamens and the pistol in this. Now let's move on to using the smaller nib if you have one. If you don't continue to use the pen that you're using. And make sure you're using that pull and flick motion with your pen to give the flower extra depth and movement. To give your flower even more personality, feel free to use colored pencils or pens to spiff it up and choose your own colors. One thing I found about lilies is they come in loads of varieties and colors. There's pink, purple, orange, and they're just beautiful and majestic. Thanks for joining me for drying this lily. And the next lesson, I'll tell you about your class project. I'll see you there. 6. Class Project: Now that you've drawn the lily in two different views, the front and the side view, I want you to choose which one you like the best and then draw the flower again. You're going to be able to now take those skills and ramp them up just a little bit by adding more of yourself to this flower. I want you to get out your watercolors, your pencils, your colored pencils, that type thing, and give this flower your personal feel. Are you a watercolorist? Do you like pencils over pens? Do you like pens more than pencils? You choose what medium you like best to add to this flower. Once you've done that, I want you to upload your piece of art to the class, you're just going to go to the website and go to the Projects and Resources area. And let me show you how to do that right now. So once you're there, you're going to go to the Projects and resources area, like I said, and you're going to click that Submit Project button. Then you're going to upload a picture of your art and give it a title and then a description. If you'd like, you can add a video or additional images. Those buttons are right down there for you as well. Once you're all ready to go, click that published button, and I'll get to see it, and the other students in the class will be able to see it, as well. And we can give you some love and feedback. So let me say so thank you so much for taking this class, and I'll see you in the next lesson. 7. Thank You: Thanks so much for drawing lies with me. I hope you got a lot out of this class and that these step by step lessons make you feel like you can target other flowers like roses or guerrilla daisies and try something new. I've got classes on all these flowers. So if you need some help on which direction to go, come and join me for more step by step lessons. If you'd like to follow me online, I'm on YouTube, X, and on Instagram, and you can find all those links just down below here. I hope that this has been a great lesson for you and that you had fun and that lies are gonna be one of those flowers that you take into the future and just want to draw and dress up. Thank you so much, and I hope to see you in more classes. Take care, and, bye bye.