# Colourful flowers **URL:** \ **Category:** Share Your Art\ **Created:** [January 28, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216 "2025-01-28T08:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Debs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/debs/32/3003_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/1 "2025-01-28T08:03:59Z")
![20250118_112217](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/4/43eb23a528cbfee22487121bcbb10bf64d21e031.jpeg) Coloured pencils on Clairefontaine pastelmat of a flower in my garden. I’ve had my photo on file for a few years and decided it was about time to use. I loved the colours. ---
**Author:** ![Meme5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/meme5/32/6555_2.png) [@Meme5](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Meme5)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/2 "2025-01-28T14:09:45Z")
@Debs What a beautiful flower! I love the close up. Thank you for sharing…What size is it and what kind of colored pencils did you use? Sonia ---
**Author:** ![Debs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/debs/32/3003_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/3 "2025-01-28T15:25:53Z")
Thankyou. It’s A4 in size and I’ve used Faber-Castell polychromos and Caran D’Ache luminance. ---
**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/4 "2025-01-28T21:02:42Z")
This is gorgeous! Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Debs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/debs/32/3003_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/5 "2025-01-29T07:27:35Z")
Thankyou so much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![robichon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/robichon/32/4993_2.png) [@robichon](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/robichon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/6 "2025-01-30T00:24:20Z")
Hi @Debs I like the colors too. Nice job. Thanks for sharing. Terri Robichon ---
**Author:** ![tomee43](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tomee43/32/162_2.png) [@tomee43](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tomee43)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/8 "2025-01-31T09:13:29Z")
Nice job with the gradual blending and the detail in the car in ter of the flower. I’ll bet that pencil was sharpened a few times. tom ---
**Author:** ![Debs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/debs/32/3003_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/9 "2025-02-01T14:27:19Z")
Thankyou, much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Debs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/debs/32/3003_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/10 "2025-02-01T14:29:26Z")
Thankyou, some of the coloured pencils are definitely a tad shorter now. Deb ---
**Author:** ![ArtfulDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@ArtfulDoc](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/ArtfulDoc)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/11 "2025-02-01T22:01:12Z")
Really nicely executed! ---
**Author:** ![Bearinthegarden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Bearinthegarden](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Bearinthegarden)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/12 "2025-02-03T02:11:55Z")
I love the colors too. The detail of the seeds is really well done and the edges where the petals overlap are well done too. ---
**Author:** ![Debs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/debs/32/3003_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/13 "2025-02-08T17:58:26Z")
Thankyou for your comment. Deb ---
**Author:** ![Debs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/debs/32/3003_2.png) [@Debs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Debs)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/14 "2025-02-08T17:59:59Z")
Thankyou, the seeds did give me a few problems. Deb ---
**Author:** ![Elina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/elina/32/6661_2.png) [@Elina](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Elina)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/15 "2025-03-14T19:38:13Z")
What a beautiful picture! ---
**Author:** ![patricia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@patricia](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/patricia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/16 "2025-03-29T14:54:08Z")
This is lovely, there is so much detail in this, colours are striking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pjhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pjhall](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/pjhall)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/colourful-flowers/4216/17 "2025-04-06T20:43:47Z")
I love the gradation!! Nice work