How to draw a maple leaf with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Simple drawing for kids and beginners.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Step 1
Start by drawing the leaf margin or leaf edge. Use curved lines that meet at sharp or gentle points. Maple leaves are lobed or lobed, meaning they have deep indentations.
Step 2
Continue sketching the edge of the leaf, using curved lines that meet at points to form the lobes. This new face should be a close mirror image of the first face.
Step 3
Continue drawing the face of the leaf started in the first step. Draw each lobe using curved lines of different sizes that meet at sharp points.
Step 4
Continue drawing the opposite side of the leaf. Again, use curved lines that meet at sharp points to form jagged lobes.
Step 5
Draw the top of each upper lobe. Use curved lines that meet at sharp points. Now you can see the shape of the lobes and each lobe is serrated with sharp points. This is described as having double teeth.
Step 6
Use a series of connected curved lines that meet in sharp points to complete the top or upper end of the leaf. This completes the outline of the leaf blade.
Step 7
Draw a series of curved lines in a star pattern. These lines should originate near the base of the leaf and extend nearly to the tip of each lobe. These are the leaf veins. The vein in the middle of the leaf is called the main vein.
Step 8
Draw short curved lines extending from the ribs in a “V” shape. These are called secondary veins.
Step 9
Continue to pattern the leaves with secondary veins. Then draw the stem or petiole, the structure that connects the leaf to the plant. From the point of convergence of the ribs, extend a pair of curved lines.
Step 10
Connect them at the end using a short curved line. Give the tip of the pen a rounded, three-dimensional shape by drawing another short line across it.
Color your maple leaf drawing. In spring and summer, the leaves of most maple trees are bright green. In the fall, they turn yellow, orange, red or brown.
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