Symbolizing nature and its changing seasons, a leaf is beautiful. Leaf shapes can vary greatly; some are simple, while others exhibit a very complex outline. In this article, we’ll discuss how to draw a leaf in a simple way.
The easiest way to brush up on your skills is to draw leaves when you get starting. This allows you to test out different styles, sizes, and shapes, benefitting you in the long run.
So if you are looking to learn how to draw different types of leaves, we’ll show you how to draw a leaf in a step-by-step tutorial. Eventually, you will become more comfortable drawing by starting at the basics.
These designs are perfect for people aiming to become professional artists and others seeking to fill notebooks with cute doodles or draw leaves.
In just a minute, you can draw a variety of leaves. Drawing them is easy and fast. There’s no doubt you’ll love it! Come and draw with me!
How To Draw A Leaf
What You’ll Need
Please note that the following equipment needs to complete all of the methods:
- Drawing Paper
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black Sharpie Marker
Drawing Paper: Don’t use construction paper or copy paper instead. There might be holes if you erase the surface, and the colors will generally appear less vibrant if you erase them.
Pencil: Whenever you need dark, reliable lines and they are easiest to erase, Ticonderoga is the best brand. You’ll save a lot of time by buying already sharpened ones.
Eraser: Especially when you’re erasing pencil lines left after tracing, large erasers are better than just pencil tips.
Black Sharpie Marker: This item is a fine point permanent marker that makes soft black lines, has a good tip, and does not bleed when wet. Make sure there is good ventilation where you put them and add extra table protection under them.
How To Draw A Leaf – step by step
Method-1: Draw a simple leaf
A leaf is a specific object to draw in four steps with this tutorial. In addition to simple examples, it provides quick tips for drawing.
The example above shows the various steps. The tutorial suggests that you start with a pencil for the drawing part.
It should also be pretty sharp or with thin lead to make it easier to draw small veins. If you’re pretty much finishing drawing the line drawing, then keep the lines lightweight.
Step 1 – At first, draw the outline of the leaf.
The first step is to draw the leaf outline. Make the base a little narrower and widen it toward the tip a little.
You will then need to add a petiole/midrib that runs through its center. When it becomes the midrib, the petiole is slightly thinner as it becomes thinner near its base. As the midrib gets higher, it should get thinner.
Make the leaf’s overall shape curved as well. A more natural appearance will result from this.
Step 2 – Draw the Veins
Veins larger in size are adding from the midrib branching out. As the leaf moves up and down, the slits should become shorter. If you draw each vein, make it slightly different from the rest by giving it a curve or set of curves.
Step 3 – Draw the Smaller Veins
From the large veins, add some smaller ones. A single line is all you need to draw each. Once the drawing, trace it with a thick black pen/marker or a darker pencil line.
Step 4 – Coloring the leaf
Coloration makes leaves darker green and petioles/midribs/veins yellow-green. A yellow or red autumn leaf made with a lighter variation of the same color for the petiole/midrib/veins would look like an autumn leaf.
Method-2: Draw a Maple leaf
There are 3 to 5 lobes on the maple leaves, depending on the age of the leaf. Summer leaves green, during autumn yellow/red. There is a serrated edge to the leaf.
Step:1
The short horizontal line should cross it slightly less than halfway from the top of the long vertical line. Include a vertical line with a short connecting petiole/leaf baseline. Create an anchor by delineating a dotted line just under the horizontal line.
Step:2
The horizontal line joins with the petiole or leaf baseline on the right and left sides. A facsimile of a triangle with curved sides now forms upside-down.
Step:3
Create a slightly curved triangle by connecting the dotted line to the leaf tip. To create the base of the leaf, draw 2 sweeping curved lines from the upside-down triangle.
Step:4
Beginning at the tip of the leaf margin, serrate the right side using the leaf framework you have created. Leaves with duplicate serrations.
Step:5
Take an eraser and remove the anchoring guidelines.
Step:6
Make venules your colors and textures.
Method-3: Draw Four Leave Clover
Step 1:
You will draw a circle followed by pictures and lines for the clover base.
Step 2:
A 90-degree intersection shows clove leaves’ veins growing in the same direction.
Step 3:
Make two circles of varying diameters on the clover leaves to mark the points. The lower intersection at a larger circle and the upper-middle point at a smaller circle.
Step 4:
With the overlapping circles, draw a heart-shaped tip. The joint between the two leaves of the clover is shaping like an oval.
Step 5:
Using smooth lines, you can draw a silhouette of clover, and you’re ready to go.
Step 6:
Remove extra lines from the cloverleaf to complete it.
Method-4: Draw an Oak Leaf
Step 1:
The core line is drawing using an HB pencil. The midrib is a reference, and its borders are marking by this.
Step 2:
Drawing an egg-like shape, I draw an uneven shape. Leaf design will be more accessible with this shape.
Step 3:
Leaf lobes are marking with a pen. Considering the asymmetry of oak leaves, you can be as creative as you like.
Step 4:
By drawing the secondary veins and the midrib, I refine the image.
Step 5:
The lobes of the top half of the leaf are drawing, followed by the outline of the petiole.
Step 6:
On the left side, I do three lobes. These shapes are even more appealing as they tend to have additional contours that add to their uniqueness.
Step 7:
A straight line is drawing on the right side of the leaf to outline three lobes.
Step 8:
Adding three rounded lobes to the bottom of the oak leaf is my drawing.
Step 9:
In my drawing, I emphasize the light veins and relatively short veins of the tertiary vein.
Step 10:
Darkening the veins and areas between the lobes with the HB pencil.
Step 11:
The leaves are lightly hatching, and I shade the sides with the HB pencil. We do with the drawing!
Method-5: Drawing a Ginkgo leaf
Let’s start with unusual ginkgo leaves. Several types of fan-shaped leaves, including those with distinct center divisions and a single fan with veins radiating out into the leaf blade.
Step 1:
Begin with a vertical line and mark a point about halfway up the vertical space. Similarly, mark a point halfway down the top space. Create a horizontal line slightly larger than the already outlined half point. I am starting at one point and moving in a semicircle.
Step 2:
Make a rough edge on the top stem of the guidelines, insert the guide halfway into the center, and repeat on the other side.
Step 3:
In order to complete the leaf, add small lines pointing inwards around the periphery and from the center to the outside.
Conclusion
A leaf is drawing with lines, but it doesn’t always have to be. One of the most interesting things about drawing leaves is how different they can appear depending on what you put in front of them. For example, if you draw a tree branch or stem right down the middle of your paper before starting, you will notice that there are two leaves at work, one for each side.
This leaf-like drawing is pretty simple on the whole. Only adding tiny details of the veins may prove more challenging. If possible, you can use a pencil with a thin lead or a sharp point.
There are many different methods how to draw a leaf. Drawings may be realistic, abstract, or anything in between. The key is to decide what type of drawing you want and then follow the steps below for guidance on how to go about it. Happy sketching!
