Shrubby St Johns Wort in Coloured Pencil

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

The first bit of foliage to add to our Build As You Go project is a beautiful stem of St Johns Wort. Its bright berries make it an appealing addition to any mixed arrangement.

  • Subject: Flowers
  • Topic: Cottage Garden
  • 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 26 more
  • Other tools: Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Tombow Mono Eraser, Embossing tool

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

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