How to Draw a Heliconia

Learn how to draw a great looking Heliconia with easy drawing instructions and video tutorial.

By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Heliconia.

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Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing a Heliconia

How to Draw a Great Looking Heliconia for Kids and Beginners - Step 1

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 1

1. Begin the heliconia outline by drawing an incomplete teardrop shape, one that is open on the bottom.

Then, use curved lines to enclose several more teardrop shapes, one overlapping the other. These are the plant's bracts or colorful modified leaves. But most people think of them as flowers or petals.

Drawing Step 2

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 2

2. Draw five more overlapping teardrop-shaped bracts. Use two curved lines for each.

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Drawing Step 3

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 3

3. Close the opening of the bottom bract with a small "V" shaped line. Extend two lines below it to form the stem. Extend a pair of curved lines from one side of the stem and allow them to meet at a sharp point.

At the base of the stem, enclose two large incomplete teardrop shapes, using two curved lines for each. These are the plant's leaves.

Drawing Step 4

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 4

4. Draw a second heliconia plant. Again, create a stack of overlapping teardrop shapes.

Drawing Step 5

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 5

5. Draw a few more overlapping teardrop shapes at the top of the flower. Extend two lines from the bottom bract to form the stem.

Then, use curved lines to enclose two large leaves at the base of the plant. Finally, draw the first incomplete teardrop-shaped bract of a third heliconia plant.

Drawing Step 6

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 6

6. Draw four more overlapping teardrop-shaped bracts. Then draw a leaf. This time, we'll make it three-dimensional. Use two curved lines, and extend one past the tip.

Then, use a third curved line to meet it, enclosing the leaf tip viewed from a different angle.

Drawing Step 7

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 7

7. Use curved lines to draw the plant's stem and a second leaf. Then, draw a large teardrop-shaped leaf on the stem of each of the first two plants.

Add More Details to Your Heliconia Picture - Step 8

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 8

8. Use a series of connected "U" shaped lines to create the wavy pollen-bearing structures on top of each bract. Draw a curved line for the vein down the middle of each leaf.

Complete the Outline of Your Heliconia Drawing - Step 9

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 9

9. Detail the remaining leaves with central veins. Draw a curved line parallel to the top of each bract.

Color Your Heliconia Drawing

Heliconia step-by-step drawing tutorial: step 11

Your heliconia outline is now complete. Color your flowers. They range from pink to orange to red. We've shaded our petals orange with yellow edges. Don't forget the vivid green leaves.

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Learn More About The Heliconia Drawing

Do you love flowers? If so, you'll adore this heliconia drawing. This easy, step-by-step flower drawing tutorial will make adding this flower to your sketchbook garden a breeze.

Heliconia is a tropical flower from the Americas. They are commonly called lobster claws because the flower bracts are thought to resemble the claws of the crustaceans.

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What do you think? Do the flowers really look like lobster claws? You can compare them to this lobster drawing.

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