How to Draw a Dandelion & Create a Dandelion Painting

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Learn how to draw a dandelion in just a few easy steps and transform the drawing into a beautiful watercolor dandelion painting – a tutorial for children and beginners!

In this step-by-step tutorial, Arty Crafty Kids will learn how to draw a dandelion flower; capturing the essence of these delicate flowers as they gracefully float with the wind.

Drawing a dandelion clock blowing in the wind requires attention to detail and a touch of creativity.

The drawing tutorial breaks down the process into simple steps, making it easy for anyone to follow along.

From sketching the basic shapes of the stem and seed lines to adding intricate ends of the floating seeds, Arty Crafty Kids will quickly see a fairly realistic dandelion drawing come to life on paper.

Our dandelion’s are drawn directly onto a backdrop of watercolors; giving Arty Crafty Kids the opportunity to explore warm and cool Summer hues.

These colors will help evoke a feeling of lazy, hazy summer days.

By experimenting with different techniques, Arty Crafty Kids will discover how simple washes of watercolor can transform their drawing into a captivating painting.

More Summer Art and Drawing Ideas:
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How to Draw a Dandelion and Create a beautiful Dandelion Painting:

Our simple dandelion drawing tutorial utilizes the ‘flow drawing technique’. This is a method of drawing that encourages children not to aim for perfect lines and shapes but to instead engage with their natural flow by drawing in a rhythmical way – often repeating lines over and over to help define lines. 

This technique allows children to draw and engage in art in a much freer way, incorporating a mindful approach to the process. 

Materials: 

• White Card Stock or Mix-Media Paper/ Watercolor Paper
• Black Marker Pens – Fine Tipped and Thick Tipped
• Watercolor Paint or a Favorite Painting Medium
• White Acrylic Paint
• Scrap Paper or Tissue Paper
• Artist Tape
  

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Watch How Easy the Dandelion is to Draw and Paint!

How to Paint Watercolor Backdrop in
Summer Hues:

Step 1: Prepare the canvas for watercolors.

Use artist tape to secure the paper to the work top.

While serving as a border for the dandelion painting, the tape also safeguards the work surface and minimizes the formation of wrinkles on the paper caused by excessive water.

Step 2: Spread a wash of water along the paper followed by a watered down paint.

In this painting tutorial, we use the watercolor medium and employ the wet-on-wet technique to blend the colors, resulting in a whimsical and dreamy backdrop that evokes memories of summer.

The surplus water plays a vital role in facilitating seamless color blending, allowing the paint to form watery sky-like patterns, exquisite gradients and new shades.

Step 3: Blend the colors, creating a gradient of warm and cool hues.

Utilize a palette of warm and cool tones to craft a breathtaking backdrop.

Dilute each color with water, adjusting the intensity to accentuate specific hues (in our example, we highlight deeper shades of yellow, red, and green), resulting in a tonal presence that adds to the overall beauty of the artwork.

Step 4: Let the watercolor paint dry.

Step 5: Scrunch a piece of scrap tissue paper into a ball and dip it into white or cream acrylic paint.

Step 6: Use the tissue paper to print white circle onto the watercolor backdrop – this will become the puff base for the dandelion drawing.

Step 7: Continue printing until the dandelion puff has reached the desired size.

Step 8: Print a few white undefined puffs into the surrounding space.

Thinking about the next steps, the black lines against the white or cream base will enhance the effect of the easy dandelion doodle.

Before proceeding to the dandelion drawing, make sure the white paint is dry!

How to Draw a Dandelion

Option – use a pencil to draw the dandelion before outlining with a black pen.

Step 1: Draw one or two small circles within the center of the painted dandelion puff.

In this first dandelion drawing step, the circles will host the center stem of our dandelion drawing, with lots of center stem lines branching away from the circles.

Step 2: Use a black marker pen with a thick tip to draw a series of single lines from the center of the stem out towards the edges of the white puff.

These lines will form the first hairlines of the dandelion tutorial.

Step 3: Draw a feathery seed at the end of each line and a long stem.

The long stem should branch from the center to the bottom of the paper.

Optional – From the stem of our dandelion drawing, draw some leaves.

The little feathery seeds are drawn as little curves within a curve, with small dots on the end of each line.

Step 4: Use a fine tipped black pen to draw shorter lines in-between the first found of seeds.

To create a more realistic look, add finer and shorter lines between the long fine hairlines. This will bulk out the drawing of a dandelion for a fuller appearance.

Step 5: Continue building the dandelion with additional lines and seeds, and fill in the center with simple lines or dots.

Step 6: Use a marker pen to add dots in and around the seeds within the dandelion puff.

Step 7: Populate the surrounding space by drawing flying seeds, capturing the essence of their graceful journey through the wind.

And with that, our lesson on how to draw a dandelion comes to a close.

Just like the mesmerizing image of a dandelion clock blowing in the breeze, the process of drawing and painting is bound to provide a deeply relaxing experience.

When sketching the dandelion, feel free to embrace a sense of artistic freedom, allowing the lines to take on varied shapes, lengths, and follow a natural, rhythmic flow.

We would love to Arty Crafty Kids completed paintings: If you decide to share them on social media, please tag us using #artycraftykids. We can’t wait to admire their artistic creations!

More Summer Art Ideas for Kids:

In this collection of summer art ideas for kids, we delve into a treasure trove of creative inspiration that will bring the joys of the season to life on paper.

From whimsical fish and sunsets to easy silhouette art of boats and birds, we have an abundance of aquatic and jungle-themed artwork to spark your little artist’s creativity.