# Lilies on the estate

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/lilies-on-the-estate/1298>\
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**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/lilies-on-the-estate/1298 "2020-12-30T01:44:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![marrhys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@marrhys](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/marrhys)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/lilies-on-the-estate/1298/1 "2020-12-30T01:44:42Z")

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Mixed media - soft pastels and watercolor on 140gsm black sugar paper. I have tried this work because I want to be a little more fluid with my pieces. Now I if any one would critique it along the lines of Matt’s format - composition, line, light, tone … I would be grateful for your input.!

 ![20201230_141440](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/f/f7294ea9973fe76dab7287bd2ceb0630cd7054ba.jpeg)  
and for a bit of fun, I share with you 9 of the 12 gift tags I made for Christmas this year - it has become a tradition of mine to attach these to the gifts I make for my partner. This year I planned to attach them also to my grandchildren’s gifts. I decided not to and have, since this photo, placed them into a picture frame. They are Derwent watercolour Pencils on soft printing card. ![gift tags](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/9/904db9898560e3c4909e159af91fd846de0fc377.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![smit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/smit/32/1125_2.png) [@smit](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/smit)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/lilies-on-the-estate/1298/2 "2020-12-31T18:13:51Z")

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Not sure I can do this in Matt style. I like the composition and your colour choice. The cards are great too, have you done the coloured pencil course, I am half ay through and learning a lot.

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**Author:** ![marrhys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@marrhys](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/marrhys)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/lilies-on-the-estate/1298/3 "2020-12-31T22:09:27Z")

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Thanks for your time. And, yes, I have done the colored pencil course. . I find the Prismacolor pencils tiring to use, so tend to use my watercolour ones. Matt’s emphasis on tehnique and basic principals has grown my confidence, though I want to find a way to be more creative - draw from the imagination.