- 1). Use an azalea flower from your own landscape or look for a photo of an azalea flower in a flower book. If you cannot find an azalea flower growing or an image in a book, visit azaleas.org (see resource) and browse through the website to find a photo of azaleas you would like to draw.
- 2). Draw a light outline of the five petals of an azalea blossom beginning at the center of the blossom and curving outward. Make this flower appear as if you are looking at it straight on from the front. The petals have a pentagon shape as they curve gently out from the center point of the blossom. Some azalea blossoms have thin petals that overlap slightly and other varieties have wide petals that overlap so much you cannot see the separate petals except for the five points of the petals that surround the outside perimeter of the blossom.
- 3). Sketch a second azalea blossom beside the first, except make this blossom appear as if you are looking at it from the side and the flower is facing to the left. Position this blossom so it appears slightly behind the first blossom to the left of the first blossom. Start the same curved petals from a center point, making the top, left and bottom petals curve out gently in the same fashion as you drew the first azalea petals. The petals on the right side of the blossom will be hiding behind the first azalea blossom, and you will not see them.
- 4). Add the outlines of leaves behind the blossoms. Azalea leaves are slightly rounded and oblong with a gently pointed tip. Draw a grouping of leaves behind the blossoms as if the blossoms are above the leaves and the leaves frame the petals, extending out from beneath.
- 5). Draw the stamens of the azalea blossoms extending from the center of the petals. The stamens curve gently out from the center point and extend to about the halfway point on the petals. Make approximately seven to ten stamens per blossom and create a small rounded or oval nob on the end of each stamen. Make the stamens on the second azalea blossom extend out from the center and curve gently out to the left of the flower as it faces to the left.
- 6). Add color to your azalea blossom according to the bloom you are drawing. Some azaleas are a solid pastel color (such as white, pink, lavender or coral) and other azaleas have multi-colored pastel stripes extending out from the center point of the blossom. Many azalea varieties have a darker or contrasting color at the centers of the blossoms, and often the stamens are a contrasting color against the lighter shade of the petals. Color in the leaves with a medium-green colored pencil.