Autumn Leaf in CP - Part 1

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

With so many beautifully coloured leaves on the ground at the moment, we couldn't let Autumn pass without drawing one. In part one we will plot in the midrib and veins and, lay down our base colours.

  • Subject: Leaves & Foliage
  • Topic: Autumn Leaves
  • Medium: Coloured pencil
  • Access: included with membership, or buy this tutorial on its own

What you'll need

  • Paper: Saunders Waterford 140lbs Hot Pressed size A4
  • Faber-Castell Polychromos: White 101, Light Cadmium Yellow 105, Naples Yellow 185 and 11 more
  • Caran d'Ache Luminance: Naples Ochre 821, Olive Brown 10% 732 and 1 more
  • Other tools: Putty Rubber, Pergamano Embossing Tool 0.5

The full colour list comes with the tutorial, in its materials download.

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