How to Draw an Orange Blossom

1. Begin the orange blossom outline by drawing the petals. Use curved lines to sketch the three teardrop shapes, flattened on the bottoms.

2. Draw the stamens - a small circle for each pollen-bearing anther and two curved lines for the filament that supports it.

3. Draw an oval for the stigma in the middle of the flower, with more stamens around it. Then draw another teardrop-shaped petal, using two lines that meet at a point.

4. Draw the fifth and final petal, using two curved lines that meet at a point. Then, begin drawing another blossom. Draw two petals and begin sketching the circles and filaments of the stamens.

5. Draw an oval and more stamens in the center of the flower.

6. Draw three more petals, using two curved lines that meet at a point for each one. Then, draw wavy, parallel lines connecting to the first flower. This is the twig that it is growing on.

7. Draw two curved lines from the first set to the second flower, creating a branching twig. Draw another twig below the first. At the tip, use short lines to enclose a triangle shape with three points on the bottom.

Then, extend two lines that meet at a point. This is an unopened blossom. Complete the twig with a curved line.

8. Use curved lines that meet at points to draw four more petals on the unopened flower, two partially hidden behind the others.

Then, draw a leaf behind the flowers. Use a long curved line for its central vein, and two lines that meet at a point for its outer edge.

9. Draw two more leaves. Again, use long curved lines for the central veins and outer edges.

Your orange blossom outline is now complete. Color your drawing. Despite the name, these flowers aren't orange - they are white.