The flowers draw our attention for their color, aroma, size and shape of the varied and dynamic petals, but in addition to being beautiful they play a vital role in the development of a fruit and in the development of pollination.

The tutorial will contain the base form of a lily represented through a circumference and ovals, of which through curved lines will help us guide us to draw, place, direct the petals of our flower in four different ways and in this way learn to quickly and easily synthesize the petals of a lily. I will teach you step by step, how to draw the petals, the internal structures such as the pistil and the stamen, as well as four leaf shapes, and a small lily bud, the one that is about to bloom. A simple, harmonious and elegant flower can be applied in your landscapes, along with your characters, or as an ornament on a stage. Your imagination is endless to come up with ways to apply it! And what else to do within the Clip Studio Pain application, where we will find basic tools that will help us in the process, and if there is any missing tool we can acquire it through Clip Studio Assets. Finally, for the drawing of flowers, although they have a structure and shape that help us capture them on a canvas, we do not need perfection, that is the fun of having the freedom to draw.

Parts of a flower

The flowers have a structure that in this tutorial I will mention the names roughly since the objective is: learn to draw a lily flower or also known as a lily, in the Clip Studio Paint application. The parts of the flower are:

A. Petals

B. Stamen:

1. Anther

2. Filament

C. Pistil:

1. Stigma

2. Style

D. Stem or peduncle

FIRST GLANCE

To start, we name our illustration and I will use the following dimensions.

We can place a background, we can do it directly with the “fill” tool, but there is another way:

1. We select the background color that we want to use.

2. Then we go to “Edit”

3. We select “Fill” or we can use the shortcut of “Alt + Delete”

 

We start with a "new raster layer" to make the structure of the flower that we are going to guide through circumferences:

• We use the tool: “Figure” (shortcut: u) and select the ellipse sub-tool.

• We crush “Shift” so that the circle remains rounded, otherwise as we move it will be deformed.

The structure of the lily will have 6 lines that will correspond to a group of three internal and three external petals. So we divide our circumference into 6 parts.

1. The first thing we will do is define a point where the petal veins will depart. In this case we will place it in the center to divide the circle into 3 parts.

2. Then we divide the previously divided parts as shown in the image. The lines show the direction of the petals.

PETALS

The shape of the petals is highly variable. We start from the base that is rounded and will decrease until it ends in a point or they can keep a small curve. The outer group may have more elongated petals. The edges are smooth or curved.

The petals consist of barely noticeable lines that follow their shape (arrows in red). The petals, having dynamism, will present depth (arrows in blue).

Let's put it into practice!

We create a folder and inside it a "new raster layer" with the name: PETALOS ADENTRO.

We'll start with the three inner petals drawing from the center of our reference. They don't have to be perfect. The important thing is to know how to synthesize the shape of the petals through references!

We create another “raster layer”: PETALS DOWN. And we draw the next three petals. The broken lines show what they would look like from the outside since the upper petals cover them

PISTIL AND STAMEN

We create a new layer and we are going to draw the stamen and the pistils:

1. Pistil: the anther is a circle whose ends will come out two lines that almost meet when descending, this part will correspond to the style. We erase the inner line of the circle and that's it!

2. The stamens: the stigma will have the shape of a slightly elongated bean, and its filament is long and thinner than the style. They are going to surround the style and they are between five to six.

We lower the opacity to 30-40% on the layer where the skeleton of our structure is to make it easier to see our drawing. Then we create a new layer: PISTIL AND STAMEN.

1. Style: arises from the center of our flower.

2. Stamens: surround the pistil. Anthers can be in a vertical, horizontal, inclined direction.

Then we delete the broken lines and add the lines to make the lily more dynamic, and the result would be this:

Then we delete the broken lines and add the lines to make the lily more dynamic, and the result would be this:

SECOND VIEW

We draw a circle again, but the reference point will be moved from the center to the side, in this example it will be down and to the left.

1. We redirect the shape that the inner petals will follow.

2. We draw the external petals in this way. (They are like antennas).

The petals: 3) have a heart shape due to the position. 5) It has an almost rectangular shape, the tip of the petal is not visible because it is pointing downwards as shown by the dashed red lines.

We add the style and stamens. Then we add the lines to give our flower more dynamism. The lines are more marked at the convexity within the petal, as shown by the arrows:

THIRD VIEW

We divide the circle in half using the “straight line” sub-tool, we use it together with the SHIFT key. Then we will define our center with a small oval.

The reference lines can look a bit confusing, but it's beautiful and easy when you practice.

We first draw an inverted “V” (line marked in red). Then on the sides of the reference oval we draw two curved lines in the form of antennas (orange line):

For the number petals:

• 3) the high point of our reference line we draw a curved line.

• 4 and 6) the curved edges increase as it approaches the apex of the petal, then we add a curved line to complete the petal.

• 5) Hardly noticeable, even can't be drawn depending on the view.

Finally, we add the stem that is shaped like an inverted triangle.

FOURTH VIEW

We can also use an oval to draw a lily. In this case we do not press the “Shift” key, this way we can draw freely. Our reference point is not in the center.

1. The three lines do not divide the circle equally.

2. The next three lines follow the first three like a mirror. Shown with color pairs:

The petal number:

• 3) The base will have an “M” shape.

• 6) We draw a line where the red arrow marks, because it corresponds to the continuation of the petal that is below.

extra shape

Lily bud, the shape it has before it blooms.

1. The lily bud is the easiest way to represent with an oval and two parallel lines.

2. Then we add two small elevations at the top and a crescent at the bottom.

3. When making the lines it does not have to be so perfect, remember, we have to have fun while we draw.

4. We can add another two mountains to represent the petals that are about to bloom.

LEAVES

Lily leaves are characterized by the fact that the veins (the lines that can be seen throughout the leaf) are arranged in the direction of the leaf, that is, in parallel. In addition, the petals that are higher on the stem are the smallest, and the largest are at the bottom.

1. To draw the leaves we are going to base ourselves on 2 triangles. Then we draw the edges of the leaf in a curved way so that it is not static, finally we add the lines of the venules vertically along the leaf and we shade.

 

2. We can also draw a polygon and a triangle.

3. They can also be elongated:

4. Or small. Lily leaves are really interesting!

FINAL SCORE

And ready! It was really fun to make the lilies, also relaxing drawing the depth lines. I hope you liked this way of representing them, a quick and synthesized way of a real lily flower.

video tutorial

Here is a representation of what I learned.

I enclose the link of the video tutorial with a quick coloring. I hope it has helped you.