Dahlia Bud in Coloured Pencil

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

Here is the next instalment of our ever growing composition. Of course, you may do this or any of the other parts as a stand alone tutorial.

Dahlia Buds make wonderful subjects to draw with their shiny sepals and colourful petals. I hope you enjoy it!

  • Subject: Flowers
  • Topic: Dahlias
  • Medium: Coloured pencil
  • Access: included with membership, or buy this tutorial on its own

What you'll need

  • Paper: Saunders Waterford 140lbs Hot Pressed
  • Faber-Castell Polychromos: White 101, Light Yellow Glaze 104, Cadmium Yellow 107 and 19 more
  • Other tools: Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Tombow Mono Eraser, Blending Stump

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

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