Stems in Coloured Pencil

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

This month is the final part of our Build As You Go project and we are finishing off the stems.

You don't have to have been following along, if you fancy some stem practice, then jump right in!

  • 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 High White
  • Faber-Castell Polychromos: White 101, Ivory 103, Burnt Carmine 193 and 22 more
  • Other tools: Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Tombow Mono Eraser, Sanding Block, Embossing Tool, Blending Stump

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

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