# Hummingbird in graphite

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903>\
**Category:** Share Your Art\
**Created:** [September 19, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903 "2026-09-19T19:07:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Vgentry58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f04885/32.png) [@Vgentry58](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Vgentry58)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/1 "2026-09-19T19:07:32Z")

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My practice hummingbird before I try the colored pencil version. I wasn’t sure I could do the wings but it turned out ok

 ![1000001089](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/3/37b04bfd29b06c4545dc3ce72520052295d8d143.jpeg)

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**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:** [September 19, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/2 "2026-09-19T22:42:13Z")

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@Vgentry58

Good job on your hummingbird, I can’t wait to see the colored pencil version! Thanks for sharing.

Sonia

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**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:** [September 19, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/3 "2026-09-19T22:51:14Z")

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Very Well Done! I love it.

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**Author:** ![ANNE58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@ANNE58](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/ANNE58)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/4 "2026-09-20T04:05:53Z")

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That looks amazing. Feathers can be so hard to do.

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**Author:** ![siffermus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@siffermus](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/siffermus)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/5 "2026-09-21T07:23:58Z")

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What an amazing Hummingbird! It looks like it is ready to fly of the page.

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**Author:** ![Freddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Freddy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Freddy)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/6 "2026-09-21T14:23:41Z")

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Nice job, the colored version will be awesome!

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**Author:** ![Buddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Buddy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Buddy)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/7 "2026-09-21T22:23:05Z")

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You did great and I hope that y

 ![3354](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/8/809e6566f670eaba3d15da5b673a3d34c56e51c0.jpeg)

ou will enjoy the colored pencil version as much as I did. This is my result. I did use the Luminance colored pencils for this, just like Matt did.

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**Author:** ![Vgentry58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f04885/32.png) [@Vgentry58](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Vgentry58)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/8 "2026-09-21T22:58:28Z")

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It turned out so good!

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**Author:** ![Vgentry58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f04885/32.png) [@Vgentry58](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Vgentry58)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/9 "2026-09-21T23:01:11Z")

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Buddy, what size paper did you use? The lesson didn’t specify. My graphite is 5x7.

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**Author:** ![Buddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Buddy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Buddy)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/hummingbird-in-graphite/4903/10 "2026-09-21T23:08:22Z")

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I worked on a DIN A3 sheet and used one half side of it (about 8 x 11 inches). I didn’t tape the canvas, since it was meant to be a practice drawing only.