Shrubs Drawing for Kids

It will be hard for kids to categorise plants like shrubs and other small trees. More than shrubs, ‘bushes’ will be the word that is common for them. In order to ease their effort and make them understand the basic differences, let us offer this shrub drawing exercise. By practising the drawing patterns, kids can easily understand the characteristics, shapes, and uses of shrubs. 

Bushes lack the main trunk, and they usually branch near the ground. Just like how bushes depend on multiple stems, let kids depend on multiple resources to strengthen their knowledge. Easy shrub drawing for kids activity provides an opportunity to better understand the difference between shrubs and other plants. Moreover, it will help them to explore the beauty of the wide variety of shrubs found in different parts of the world. BYJU’S shrubs drawing for kids activity is indisputably an exercise to make our children grasp information related to shrubs.

Understanding Shrubs 

Do you know what all physical features make shrubs look different from trees? Even though shrubs are woody plants, apart from a dominant stem-like tree, they have several stems. Shrubs are usually small plants which are less than 3 m in height while trees have more than 6 m in height. Plants which are taller than shrubs, but smaller than trees are called arborescence plants. To make our children better understand how to differentiate between shrubs and trees, let us use the following examples. Some of the popular varieties of shrubs that are generally spotted in gardens and orchards are:

• Red climbing rose
• Arborvitae
• Siberian Cypress
• California Spicebush
• Bush Rose
• Camellia
• Rockrose
• Sunrose 

Drawing Shrubs

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Colouring Shrubs

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Easy Shrubs Drawing for Kids 

To make the shrubs drawing exercise more interesting, let us draw rose bushes. Let us make the drawing process simpler and more entertaining by combining shrub drawings and rose flower drawings. Since kids have already learnt how to draw an alluring rose flower, this exercise will be an effortless task for them. By following the step-by-step instructions listed below, kids can easily sketch and paint a beautiful rose bush. 

• Start the exercise by collecting the necessary drawing equipment. A paper, pencil, eraser, marker, and colour supplies are needed to sketch a wonderful rose bush. 
• Sketch the outline of the bush. Use simple curve lines and make the picture appear almost similar to a big cloud. 
• Since it is one of the initial drawing exercises for kids, let us keep the activity as simple as possible. Apart from focusing on the stems and branches, let us cover all these with the outline of the bushes. 
• Draw roses inside the outline. Kids can refer to BYJU’S rose flower drawing for kids to sketch the roses precisely. Randomly fill the space with rose flowers of different sizes and angles. 
• Add rose buds in between the flowers to enhance the originality of the picture. 
• To make the bush appear intense, ask them to add simple curves inside the bush. 
• After completing the rough outline, use a black marker and redraw the border of the picture to make it appear more attractive and odd. 
• As the final step, fill the spaces with the right set of colours. Kids can use green to fill the bushes and red to fill the roses. If interested, kids can use colour blending techniques to make the picture appear visually appealing. 

Shrubs drawing activity not only improves kids’ comprehension of shrubs. It also plays a significant role in improving their level of concentration, memory power, and presentation skills. Practising drawing exercises from a young age will benefit them to improve their hand-eye coordination. To build kids’ creativity, parents can visit BYJU’S website and make them engage in different worksheets, short stories, essays, poems etc.