MOD EducationCourse sheet
Spring Bulbs in Coloured Pencil
- Season
- Spring
- Months
- February – May
- Medium
- Coloured pencil
- Level
- Improver
- Lessons
- 18 recorded
- Running time
- 10 h 10 min
- Access
- 24 months
- Subject
- Snowdrop, crocus, daffodil, tulip
Kit
On the table
What the lessons use. You may own some of it already; the first lesson goes through it again.
- 24 artist-grade coloured pencils (list in lesson 1)
- Hot-pressed paper or Bristol board
- A colourless blender pencil
- Bulbs in a pot or a bunch from the shop
Outcomes
By the last lesson you can
- Draw a white flower on white paper
- Layer coloured pencil in five passes, light to dark
- Burnish only where the petal is glossy
- Finish a tulip before it opens flat
Calendar
Where it sits in the year
- Jan
- Feb — early in a mild year
- Mar — in season
- Apr — in season
- May — in season
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Spring, February – May. Bulbs and first flowers, drawn before they go over. The recordings stay open for 24 months, so you can wait for the plants.
Next
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