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Pomegranates are indeed a challenging subject. Thank you to Pam and Sam for an enriching workshop.

Two more attempts. For the righthand drawing, I finally forced myself to use pencil to find the shape and spiral pattern and then used ink to draw the detail. That helped a lot. The lefthand drawing is all pencil.

Thank you for the feedback, Doug. I posted a version with more shading and color, but I’m not sure I see exactly where or how to use the shadowing! I know my darks can usually be darker (still so intimidating!) but sometimes I see the need for more color, now shadow and can’t always figure out how to distinguish the two.

I have almost finished the course and am starting again. I’ve been learning basics that everyone else seems to know and taking my time. Taking a lot of K-12 tutorials, learning to color, doing Zentangles to work on lines and perspective (plus they’re fun).. We’ll see how this second pass goes.

Thanks for all your helpful comments and suggestions! So much to learn and I’m thoroughly enjoying the process.

Hi Patricia- you are off to a great start! To give each scale it’s form, you need to have a range of tones from highlight thru dark. At the same time paying attention to the whole cone having a light sight (closer to the light source) and darker areas that are furthest from the light source.

Gorgeous branch Debra!

Great job Debra! The branch is beautifully rendered and the details are wonderful! I would take another look at the cast shadow. It is throwing me that the branch arches, but the shadow is flat. It is very possible it was like that and if so, I would lighten the cast shadow more so your wonder branch stands out even more. A couple of other things…[Read more]

Great job Margaret! Those touches of darks really made a difference!

Hi Ellen- first off, I am back to using Arches hot press watercolor paper. I have also found that Stonehenge paper does not work for my multi layer technique and it ends up tearing quite easily after a few layers. In regards to your painting, it is wonderful! I like how the leaves are more saturated and detailed as they move up the page toward…[Read more]

I can see why you thought they were at a right angle. That tilt is really subtle. I love that you are including other autumn plants. You could even keep adding elements behind what’s already there until you have a drawing that looks like the forest floor. Have fun with it!