How to make a botanical drawing: composition and simplified shapes | Drop-in Drawing

Drop in anytime for a virtual session of our popular series and experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges. This week, celebrate the changing of the seasons with a botanical drawing exercise that focuses on composition and building shapes through simplified forms. Check out the source image below, grab a pen or pencil, a sheet of paper, and some flowers or houseplants, and get started whenever you're ready.
Featured Artwork:
Suzuki Kiitsu (Japanese, 1796-1858). Irises and Moth, ca. 1850. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 39 7/8 × 12 15/16 in. (101.3 × 32.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015 (2015.300.95)
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This was a fun exercise, ty for the upload!

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Glad you had fun, and thanks for watching!

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Thank you!

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Thank you for watching!

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Excellent! Thank you.

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Yes! Really amazing lesson.

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Love your drawings!

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Beautiful realization !

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That voice is love ❣️

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Clear and exacting presentation on drawing. very helpful

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Thank you! Xo!

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my teacher recommended watching this video

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Waiting 41 hours

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Thanks! Hope it was worth the wait : ).

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I am new to drawing and I been trying to draw peonies. I am having trouble with the petal layering/composition. Whenever I draw the petals in it just looks random and don’t look right. Any tips on how to get petal placement correct ?

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Second !!!

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