Colouring the Flower

• Once our shape is ready we will now colour the petal. We will use the Gradient colour to create a shading effect int he flower.
• Select the petal and select the colour of your flower from the Colour bar at bottom.
• Select the part go to Object > Fill and Stroke (Ctrl+Shift+F).
• In Fill Color select Gradient. This will create a shading in the flower.
• When Gradient is select in the Fill colour, you will see that there are two points with a line between them.
• We can adjust the direction of the shading by moving these points.
• In case you want to change the colour of the shading from white to something else, just click on the point and select the colour you want from the colour bar.

Fill Colour in Flower Petals

Stroke Colour in Flower Petals