Follow along with these clear 9 drawing steps. This lesson only takes about 30 minutes and has a PDF near the bottom of the lesson you can easily print or download. The pdf packet even contains a “coloring book” page with just the line art. This pairs perfectly with crayons or markers. Trying to learn to draw is much more fun when you have an easy-to-understand lesson to follow.
In this article, we will begin with a new piece of paper and learn how to create an Easter lily drawing in a series of steps. Let’s start by drawing the filaments of the Easter lily. Create four lines as shown. One line drawn will be one filament. Now, let’s draw the petals. First, outline the petals’ center line by creating three lines as shown. Let’s add more petals to our Easter lily. To complete our Easter lily drawing, shade the petals with a white crayon and add a hint of yellow near the center. Next, color the leaves and filaments with a green crayon. Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for Easter Lily Drawing.
Just like we did during Advent, our church is doing special activities via Zoom leading up to Easter. After yesterday's church service, I taught the congregation how to draw this cross with Easter lilies. To make your own, you need white drawing paper, a pencil, a ruler, and colored pencils. I made my step-out drawings with Sharpie so they would show up on camera, but I definitely recommend using pencil and sketching lightly.
Orient your paper vertically. Draw the two open blooms in the top-right and bottom-left quadrants, each with six petals that overlap one another. Draw the side view of a lily in the bottom-right quadrant. Draw a stem that starts at the base of the upper-right lily and continues diagonally down to the left. It should pass behind the lily at the bottom left. Add a stem connecting the lily on the right, then another stem extending to the left, with the unopened blossom at the end. Add stamen to each of the open blooms. Draw long, narrow leaves along each of the stems. Place a ruler horizontally across the paper, adjusting it so that it sits where you want the crossbar of the cross to be. Draw lines on either side of the ruler, lifting your pencil when you cross any part of the lily. Connect the two sides to complete the crossbar. Turn the ruler 90° to draw the main post of the cross. Again, draw lines on both sides of the ruler, lifting your pencil when you cross any part of the lily.
You should be here:Use a brown pencil to outline the cross, then draw grain on the wood. Color in the wood with various shades of brown. Color the stems, leaves, and stamen green and the anthers orangey-yellow. Outline the lilies (I used purple on this sample, but black, blue, and grey are all good choices). Lightly draw lines on the petals of the lilies with light grey to give dimension, then add a little bit of shadowing in the center of the open flowers. Finally, color in the sky blue background.
Or........ use microtip scissors to cut out your design and adhere it to a sheet of cardstock, which is what I did with the sample I made as I was teaching. We agreed that it the lilies really pop against the black and it is a great choice for Good Friday. I made my drawings on 8.5x11" copy paper, but you could easily draw this much smaller to create a beautiful card to send for Easter.
Images accompanying steps show how to place filaments first, then outline petals, and finally add shading and color for depth.
How to Draw Easter Lily Flowers Step by Step
Table of key steps and materials from the lesson (summary for quick reference):
| Step | Action | Materials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw four filaments | Pencil |
| 2 | Outline center lines of petals | Pencil |
| 3 | Add more petals and stems | Pencil, ruler |
| 4 | Shade petals with white and yellow near center | White crayon, yellow crayon |
| 5 | Color leaves and filaments | Green crayon |
| 6 | Outline lilies and add color variations | Pencils, colors of choice |
| 7 | Add shading and dimension to petals | Light grey, darker shading |
| 8 | Color background | Blue color |
| 9 | Optional cross and wood texture | Brown pencil, cross ruler |
Standard materials recommended: white drawing paper, pencil, ruler, colored pencils, crayons, and optional markers or Sharpie for on-camera visibility. You can adapt the size to fit greeting cards or larger display pieces, and printing the PDF helps reproduce a neat line-art version for coloring.
Tip: shading can be subtle; use light layers to build depth without overpowering the white petals. The lilies look particularly striking against a dark background, as demonstrated in the sample project used for teaching.