How To Draw Flowers Vol 1 - Roses, Tulips & Daffodils

Hello and welcome!

In this introduction lecture we will mention the pencils used for each picture and the materials. To watch a video showing materials that we use with Pastel Pencils please see the following two lectures.

All of the materials can be purchased on our store if you are having trouble obtaining them locally.

Pastel Pencils

For the Vase of Roses, Tulips and Rose in Snow I use solely Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils. I will list the pencils below.

For the Vase of Daffodils I use additional colours to branch out and show how other brands can be used. For this picture I use prodominently Faber-Castell Pitt but then also 6 Cretacolor and 2 CarbOthello.

The reason I use Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils is because these are harder and provide a good base for the softer pastel pencils to go on top.

Pastel Paper

For the Vase of Roses, Tulips and Rose in Snow I use Sand Coloured Fabriano Ingres Pastel Paper. This paper is a fantastic neutral tone for the colours going on top. It is 160gsm and has a "tooth" which I work with to obtain depth in the picture.

For the Vase of Daffodils I show using Dark Green PastelMat paper which is a great alternative and is thicker. The aim here is to show how you can build more layers.

You do not have to use the materials that I do. You can choose to use other makes of paper and pencils.

Other Materials

I recommend having a Faber-Castell Double Ended Eraser on hand, these have a soft and hard end. On the Ingres paper it is very easy to erase mistakes. It is much more difficult (near impossible!) to do so on the PastelMat.

I use a safety razor blade to sharpen my pencils, it is difficult to use an ordinary pencil sharpener for the pastel pencils because they are harder and will likely blunt the blade. You can also use a craft knife instead.

I recommend taping your pastel paper to a piece of hardboard so that you have something sturdy to press against.

Blending Tools

I use Colour Shaper blending tools now in all my pictures. These have a rubber tip and can achieve some incredible effects. They blend and manipulate the pastel almost like a paint brush and are very easy to use.

Throughout the courses I use a few variations of the colour shaper. You do not need to purchase them all, if you can only get one I would recommend the Grey Chisel Size 2 shaper. The blending tools used in each project are listed below:

Vase of Roses

Grey Chisel End Size 2

Vase of Tulips

Grey Chisel End Size 2

Ivory Chisel End Size 2

Ivory Tapered End Size 2

Rose in Snow

Grey Chisel End Size 2

Ivory Tapered End Size 2

Ivory Angle Chisel End Size 2

Grey Tapered End Size 2

Daffodils

Ivory Angle Chisel End Size 2

Ivory Chisel End Size 6

The difference between the ivory and grey shapers is that the grey has a slightly firmer tip. The ivory shapers give a slightly softer blend.

Pastel Pencils used for each project:

Vase of Roses

Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils

• 101 - White

• 103 - Ivory

• 104 - Light Yellow Glaze

• 106 - Light Chrome Yellow

• 109 - Dark Chrome Yellow

• 113 - Orange Glaze

• 160 - Maganese Violet

• 170 - May Green

• 131 - Medium Flesh

• 132 - Light Flesh

• 226 - Alizarin Crimson

• 225 - Dark Red

• 118 - Scarlet Red

• 182 - Brown Ochre

• 183 - Light Yellow Ochre

• 168 - Earth Green Yellowish

• 174 - Chrome Green Opaque

• 167 - Permanent Green Olive

• 283 - Burnt Siena

• 179 - Bistre

• 177 - Walnut Brown

• 230 - Cold Grey I

• 233 - Cold Grey IV

• 199 - Black

Vase of Tulips

Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils

• 101 - White

• 102 - Cream

• 104 - Light Yellow Glaze

• 106 - Light Chrome Yellow

• 109 - Dark Chrome Yellow

• 118 - Scarlet Red

• 168 - Earth Green Yellowish

• 170 - May Green

• 172 - Earth Green

• 174 - Chrome Green Opaque

• 140 - Light Ultramarine

• 225 - Dark Red

• 182 - Brown Ochre

• 185 - Naples Yellow

• 230 - Cold Grey I

• 233 - Cold Grey IV

• 181 - Payne's Grey

• 199 - Black

Vase of Daffodils

Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils

• 101 - White

• 102 - Cream

• 103 - Ivory

• 109 - Dark Chrome Yellow

• 183 - Light Yellow Ochre

• 185 - Naples Yellow

• 177 - Walnut Brown

• 168 - Earth Green Yellowish

• 172 - Earth Green

• 167 - Permanent Green Olive

• 165 - Juniper Green

• 175 - Dark Sepia

• 230 - Cold Grey I

• 233 - Cold Grey IV

• 199 - Black

Cretacolor

• 237 - Blue Gray

• 202 - Ochre Light

• 107 - Cadmium Yellow

• 108 - Chrome Yellow

• 162 - Indigo

• 221 - Umber

CarbOthello

• 210 - Orange Yellow

Colin also uses a 605 CarbOthello pencil however we believe they have now discontinued this colour so you can either omit this colour or use a similar tone (we think the closest is 017 in the Caran D'Ache Range)

Optional Pencil

General White Charcoal Pencil (available on Amazon). This is a great pencil to have on hand in any of your pictures to get a slightly brighter white effect. You'll see Colin occasionally use this pencil.

Rose in Snow

Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils

• 101 - White

• 103 - Ivory

• 124 - Rose Carmine

• 226 - Alizarin Crimson

• 225 - Dark Red

• 182 - Brown Ochre

• 172 - Earth Green

• 165 - Juniper Green

• 170 - May Green

• 230 - Cold Grey I

• 233 - Cold Grey IV

• 181 - Payne's Grey

• 199 - Black

I have attached Colour Charts for pencils in the resources section if you wish to use another brand or see the colours. 

Outline Drawing

In Part 1 of each course you will find the Outline Drawing and my finished picture to work with. You can print the outline drawing straight to pastel paper via your printer or use tracedown carbon paper to trace the image onto your pastel paper.

Note: with the Vase of Daffodils, if you do choose to use Dark Green PastelMat we recommend using a white tracedown. This is so you can see the outline more clearly on the paper.

I have included a general introduction to the materials I use if you are newer to the pastel pencil medium. If you have any questions please do get in touch with us via the messaging system.

In this general introduction video I talk about the basic materials - the Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils, colour shaper, double ended eraser and sharpening your pencils.

I show the Fabriano Ingres Paper that is used for 3 of the 4 courses.

I also show how to transfer our line drawing onto your pastel paper using a Tracedown Carbon. As mentioned in the previous lecture, the daffodils is done on Dark Green PastelMat so if you want to transfer this outline onto the paper we'd recommend using White Tracedown so you can see the outline more clearly.

In this video I show you the brands of pencils and paper that I work with. In this course bundle we do not use the Canson Mi-Teintes Touch or Derwent Pastel Pencils.

We cannot provide direct links to purchase the materials however you can find the materials on either our store or Amazon.