How to Draw a Hollyhock Flower

Welcome back everyone to my drawing tutorial on how to draw a hollyhock flower.

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The supplies for this drawing remain relatively simple. I used an HB pencil for the sketch and used a 2B for starting process of shading. For the real dark areas, I used a 4B.

This drawing started with a sketch on the page just for the rough placement of all the objects. I also used a grid method again for this drawing. It is a good process for aiding in the accuracy of object size and placement. I don't always use it but when I do, it is a big help.

Starting with the flowers, I used a 2B pencil to start working in some dark lines. Work them in a radial direction working out from the center. Then I used a blending stump to smooth everything out and added in some lines again just to bring out some more details.

The leaves are done in a similar way. I used a 2B pencil to give it a general shading and then used the eraser to bring out the vein lines in the leaves. Then using a regular pencil again, I made a line that follows the highlight to give it some depth.

Music Info:

Song: The Owl Named Orion
Artist: DanoSongs
Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com