# The gentle touch

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264>\
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**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264 "2020-12-13T15:11:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![08132559](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/08132559/32/201_2.png) [@08132559](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/08132559)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264/1 "2020-12-13T15:11:33Z")

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![20201212_133223](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/f/fc31e3e9bfbf2829c4df2d810b78b4347669e4ca.jpeg)  
Pastel drawing 16 x 16 inches, drawn onto dark grey Clairefontaine pastel mat using a selection of pastel pencils. Still working on this. I’ve overworked the skin colour in places but, on the whole I think it’s turned out ok so far. With thanks to Amy Von Heerden for her photo ref.

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**Author:** ![lilnora](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/lilnora/32/1050_2.png) [@lilnora](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/lilnora)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264/2 "2020-12-13T16:49:17Z")

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I love, love, love this picture. I bet these roses were a gift for her Mama. I can remember picking some daffodils over the fence in our neighbors yard, and Mother making me go tell the lady who grew them that I was sorry for picking them without her permission. She asked Mother to let me stay there for the remainder of the afternoon. She took me through all the flowers and told me I could pick from those spaces she had been growing. I went home and told my Mother that the ‘girl’ next door showed them to me. The ‘girl’ was at least 85 years old. After that she would bring yeast rolls to our house every Friday. She lived on 1/2 the block, we lived on the other half in a small town. She had to have had a lot of different kinds, from silver bells to giant flowers. She had them separated by stone walkways throughout. I got to spend the night with her a few times.

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**Author:** ![08132559](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/08132559/32/201_2.png) [@08132559](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/08132559)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264/3 "2020-12-13T17:04:16Z")

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Thankyou lilnora. Deb

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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:** [December 13, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264/4 "2020-12-13T20:51:36Z")

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This is great. I love it!

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**Author:** ![sterlingsiam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/sterlingsiam/32/30_2.png) [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264/5 "2020-12-14T01:51:05Z")

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Deb. This is absolutely beautiful. The title is perfect as one can actually feel how gentle these hands are holding those gorgeous flowers. Great job!

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**Author:** ![08132559](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/08132559/32/201_2.png) [@08132559](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/08132559)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264/6 "2020-12-14T07:11:48Z")

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Thankyou Denise, Deb

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**Author:** ![08132559](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/08132559/32/201_2.png) [@08132559](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/08132559)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/the-gentle-touch/1264/7 "2020-12-14T07:14:43Z")

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Thankyou Patricia, the hands belong to a little boy. I just loved the composition when I saw the photo, hence my drawing. Deb