Dahlia in Coloured Pencil Part 1

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

I can't believe its July already! We have a scorching summer Dahlia to tackle this month with lots of gorgeous reds and corals.

In part 1 we will focus on the centre and and its form.

  • 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 size A4
  • Faber-Castell Polychromos: White 101, Warm Grey III 272, Light Yellow Glaze 104 and 13 more
  • Caran d'Ache Luminance: Burnt Ochre 10% 872 and 1 more
  • Other tools: Putty Rubber

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

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