Victor Perard - Drawing Flowers

It is a good practice to make a rough sketch of the proposed grouping. A few preliminary lines will save a lot of fussing.

Long-stemmed flowers can be cut to varying lengths to avoid crowding in a vase. Too many flowers in one grouping prove to be unwieldy. When arranging flowers in a vase as well as when drawing them, aim at a rhythmic, balanced design.

Flowers with a gracefully bent stem can be an aid in good compositions.

An appreciation of masses and contours can be gained by resorting frequently to ink drawings in silhouette.

For exercise in the handling of a pen, copy these flower studies.

Anemone

Anemones have many colors. Some of the most popular are white, poppy red, lavender, and varying degrees of purple. The leaves are warm green.

Aster

There are several species of asters native to North America. Among these are the China aster, the purple-flowered New England aster and the golden aster. The leaves are deep green. These flowers resemble stars and so derive their name from the Greek word aster, meaning star.

Azalea

Azaleas are closely related to the rhododendron. They grow best in dry soil. Their bushes have masses of flowers that are very decorative. They range in color from white, pink and red to a brilliant orange. Their leaves are deep green.

Camellia

The camellia is a greenhouse shrub of the tea family. It has glossy, evergreen leaves and red or white, double, roselike flowers.

Canterbury bell or campanula

The Canterbury bell is a garden plant which is popular because of its bell-shaped, blue-violet or white flowers.

Cherry blossoms

Cherries and leaves

Chrysanthemum

The chrysanthemum is an ornamental, cultivated plant, derived from several species of the aster family. It has large double flowers in various shades of white, red and yellow.

Columbine

This is the state flower of Colorado. It is varied in coloring, ranging from red and yellow, purple and light purple, through blue and white, and cream and purple.

Cornflower

This plant has bright blue flowers, yellow stamens and deep green calyxes.

Daffodils are among the early Spring flowers, and are of the same family as the narcissi. Daffodils are a brilliant yellow. Both flowers are very decorative, and are easily adapted to design.