How Do You Draw A Crocosmia Flower?
Crocosmia flowers are in the Iris family, with blossoms that grow several along a stem, red, orange or yellow in color. Crocosmia flowers are native to South Africa. They grow best in full sunlight and good soil. To draw a Crocosmia flower, it is best to look off of a picture, unless you’re very accustomed to working with this type of flower and you’re familiar with its appearance. Draw a long thin, vertical line moving up the page. This will be the base stem of the flowers, so stop when you feel it is appropriate, then turn the direction of the pencil around and come back down the other side. The base stem should be approximately 1/4 inch wide at its widest, narrowing slightly as it reaches the top. At even intervals up the left side of the stem, draw several stems slightly thinner than 1/4″ inch, approximately 1/2″ long. These minor stems will have buds of unopened Crocosmia flowers on them. At the ends of the stems you drew in step 2, draw an oval shape 1/2 an inch long and slightly
