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Rose Doodle

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Drawn: A lollipop rose: a round bloom on one long line, two leavesA lollipop rose: a round bloom on one long line, two leavesA small round bloom on one long line. Two leaves halfway down, one each side, each with a rib.

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Buds and spirals 12

A boxy rose wound in straight strokes with sharp corners Start with a tiny square and wind out in straight strokes, turning a corner each time. Round off the last lap.
A half-open rose: a rolled scroll sitting in a cup Draw a small rolled scroll. Sit it in a U-shaped cup of two petals whose tips curl outward.
A ribbon rose, rolled up and seen from the end Draw a coil with a second line beside it for the width of the ribbon. Let the loose end hang down as a tail.
A rosebud as a teardrop held in a cup of sepals A teardrop with its point up. Wrap three pointed sepals round the lower half, like fingers holding an egg.
A rosebud from above: a comma inside three arcs Draw a comma for the rolled middle. Ring it with three arcs that each begin behind the one before.
A rosebud grown from a small number 6 Write a small 6. Wrap a curve round it from the tail, then another outside that. Three wraps make a bud.

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Buds and spirals, continued

A rosebud of three nested V shapes, closed by a curl Draw a narrow V. Fit a wider V round it and a third round that, all sharing the bottom point. Close the top with a curl.
A rosebud twisted to a point in three overlapping wraps Draw a narrow cone. Cross it with three slanted curves, each one starting behind the last, up to the tip.
A rosebud with no outline, built from hatched shadows alone Hatch a small dark crescent for each tuck of a petal, tightest in the middle. The white gaps left are the petals.
A rosebud with one outer petal rolled down like a collar Draw the pointed bud. Wrap one wide petal round its base and roll its top edge outward and down.
A ruffled rose spiral with a frilled lip on every turn Wind the spiral loosely, then go back and scallop the outer side of each turn so every coil has a frill.
A tight rosebud as a pointed oval with one wrap line A pointed oval, standing up. One curved line runs from the base round to the tip, like a folded petal.

Open roses 12

A blown rose with its outer petals folded back to points Draw the round middle. Make each outer petal wide, with its edge rolled under so it comes to a soft point.
A flat rose of five round petals, each tucked under the next Draw five bumps round a small coiled middle. Start each bump from behind the one before it.
A full rose in three petal rings with a shaded middle Build three rings of overlapping petals. Hatch the deepest gaps near the middle and leave the outer lips bare.
A rose built outward from a small triangle Draw a tiny triangle. Lay a curved petal along each side, then three more across the corners, and keep going.
A rose from a circle with a Y drawn inside Draw a circle and a Y inside it. Add one curve across each arm of the Y. The cuts read as folded petals.
A rose from a pentagon, one petal on every side Draw a small pentagon. Curve a petal out from each side, then a second, wider row from the points between.
A rose from straight lines only, every petal a facet Rule a small triangle and build out with straight-edged petals. No curves anywhere, like folded paper.
A rose inside a cloud outline, the coil set off center Draw a cloud of seven bumps. Put a small coil left of the middle and run one curved line from it to each dip.
A rose lit from one side, hatching under every lip Draw the open rose, pick a side for the light and hatch a narrow shadow under each petal edge that faces away.
A rose seen from above in three rings of offset arcs A coil in the middle, a ring of three arcs round it, then five, then seven. Each arc covers a gap in the ring inside.
A rose tipped toward you: an oval face, a deep back curve Draw the oval first and a deeper curve below it. Fit the rings of petals to the oval, tighter at the far edge.
A side-on rose as a bowl of three stacked petal lips Draw a bowl. Inside the rim, stack three shallow curves, each one shorter, and a tiny coil at the very top.

Stems, leaves and thorns 12

A closed bud on a thin neck, five sepals arched like a star Draw a small pointed bud on a thin stalk. From the join, curve five narrow sepals out and down, evenly spaced.
A lollipop rose: a round bloom on one long line, two leaves A small round bloom on one long line. Two leaves halfway down, one each side, each with a rib.
A long-stemmed rose with its shadow lying beside it Lay the rose flat on the page. Repeat its outline just below and to one side, and fill that copy with hatching.
A pair of rose stems in an X with a bow at the crossing Rule an X of two long stems, blooms at the top. Tie a bow where they cross, with the tails trailing down.
A rose leaf of five leaflets: one at the tip, two pairs Draw a short stalk. Put one leaflet on its end and two pairs below it, facing each other. Tooth every edge.
A rose leaflet with a saw edge and a middle vein A pointed oval. Zigzag the edge with tiny teeth and rule one vein down the middle with side veins in pairs.
A rose lying on its side with the stem trailing off Tip the bloom so you see its cup from the side. Run the stem level across the page, one leaf lifting up.
A rose stem in a glass, bent where it meets the water Draw a tall glass and a water line. Break the stem at that line and shift the lower part a little to one side.
A slow S of rose stem, thickened, with a pointed tip bud Draw a slow S. Thicken it with a second line, set a pointed bud on top and one leaf at each bend.
A thorned stem coiled into a ring, one bloom at the join Pencil a circle. Draw the stem round it, crossing over itself once, and set a single rose on the crossing.
A thorned stem with small hooks on alternate sides Rule the stem. Add each thorn as a small curved hook with its tip aimed downward, swapping sides as you go.
One stem carrying a bud, a half-open rose and a full one Draw the stem with two side shoots. Put the tight bud highest, the half-open rose lower and the full bloom lowest.

Roses in a design 12

A corner spray of one rose with a leaf along each edge Put the bloom in the corner itself. Send one leaf along the top edge and one down the side, tips pointing away.
A divider of one rose with a thorned stem running each way Put a small bloom in the middle of the line. Run a stem out to each side, with hooks and a leaf every so often.
A frame of thorned stem with a single bloom at one corner Rule a rectangle lightly. Go over it as stem, hooks facing out and leaves facing in, and set one rose on a corner.
A half-drop repeat of roses, like wallpaper Draw a column of roses. Start the next column half a step lower so each bloom sits beside a gap.
A ring of five small roses with paired leaves between Pencil a circle. Space five coiled roses round it and join them with pairs of leaves that follow the curve.
A rose and two leaves perched on a curling name scroll Draw the bloom and two leaves. Under them, curve a ribbon with a fold and a forked tail at each end.
A rose bookmark: bloom at the top, stem to the foot Rule a tall narrow strip. Fill the top with one open rose and run its stem, leaves and thorns down the strip.
A rose filling a heart outline, leaves at the dip Draw the heart lightly. Grow one open rose to fill the lobes and tuck two leaves into the dip at the top.
A rose inside a diamond with a leaf at each side point Rule a diamond. Fit a coiled rose in the middle and let one leaf poke out past the left and right points.
A rose medallion ringed by eight leaves like rays Draw one open rose. Set eight pointed leaves round it, tips outward, and close the ring with a circle of dots.
A row of roses as a border, bloom then leaf pair Unit: one small coiled rose, then two leaves in a V. Keep the blooms the same size and evenly spaced.
Three roses tied in a bunch, the stems fanned below the knot Draw three blooms close together. Bring the stems to one point, wind a few turns of string there and fan the ends out.

How this list was compiled: Original list written for Draw This Next on 2026-10-02: 48 ways to doodle a rose, in four kinds (buds and spirals, open roses, stems, leaves and thorns, roses in a design), each marked easy, medium or hard, with the shapes it is built from and the first strokes to draw. Kept apart from the three roses on flower-doodles and from flower-drawing-ideas, which draws real flowers as studies; no item repeats a title from any other list on the site. Two details of the plant were read on Wikipedia on 2026-10-02 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose): a rose leaf is made of several toothed leaflets, five to nine on most kinds, and the thorns are curved hooks. Licence: own work

How it works

A rose doodle starts from a coil, a triangle or a teardrop, not from a real bloom. Each of the 48 here names its starting shape and gives the first strokes.

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Start with a bud

Buds and spirals are the quickest: A rosebud grown from a small number 6 is three wraps round a numeral. Open roses build outward, as in A rose built outward from a small triangle, where each new petal covers a corner.

Add the stem last

A rose leaf is several toothed leaflets on one stalk, and the thorns are curved hooks. Stems, leaves and thorns is the kind to practice both.

Keep the middle tight and the outer petals loose: small arcs inside, wide ones outside.
Leave small gaps where petals overlap, so the lines do not all close.

Questions and answers

How do I doodle a rose?

Draw a teardrop with its point up and wrap three pointed sepals round the lower half, like fingers holding an egg. That is the first doodle on the list, a rosebud held in a cup of sepals.

What is the easiest rose doodle?

A rose from a circle with a Y drawn inside: draw the circle and the Y, then one curve across each arm. Easy, under More filters, holds 16, four in each kind.

What are some cute roses to draw?

A lollipop rose on one long line with two leaves, A rosebud grown from a small number 6 and A rose inside a diamond with a leaf at each side point. Small and round keeps a rose cute.

Where can I use a rose doodle?

Roses in a design holds 12 placements: a corner spray, a row of roses as a border, a divider with a thorned stem running each way and a tall bookmark.