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Oh Cathie, this is such a fun subject with all of its curlicues, beautiful curves, interesting leaves, and of course, that adorable seedpod. It’s a very nice graceful drawing, and you created a lovely realistic green. I think you may want to add in some more darks to help show the 3 dimensional form of each element and the whole subject. I can see…[Read more]

Heidi, I’m loving the color mixing on these leaves – really beautiful. I can see you starting to get nice and dark down by the midvein on the left sides of the leaves – that’s the right idea to begin showing the 3D form. Continue to push those darks and highlights, taking all of Dougs advice, and this lovely drawing will be even better.

Another lovely collage, Sheila. Is there going to be a poem to accompany it?

I’ve only just had chance to improve the plum! I have softened the shadow edge and darkened the reflective highlight…

Hi Heidi- you are off to a good start, but you need to add some toning and saturation to bring these leaves to the next level. Except for the little bit of dark toning on the left side of the main vein there is not enough difference between the two sides of each of your leaves. As with everything we draw we need to establish the form of an object…[Read more]

Hi Sheila- I like it the way it is. If anything I would look at adding a minimal couple of small things to continue the bottom end of the downward diagonal. Love the colors!

I have a few little drawings for the bottom left, but somehow the space felt better. Any suggestions?

Maureen, This drawing has such beautiful curves and gracefulness. I LOVE your leaves – beautiful light and dimension. I like how you really studied those individual petals on your flower, and are showing their form. I think that the overall form of the flower is getting a bit lost, and flattening it out a bit. This is such a common struggle,…[Read more]

Becky, this is beautiful. I also love how you photograph your pieces on fabric. Are you planning to frame your pieces incorporating these fabric patterns?

Great job Becky! Your tomato looks so plump and juicy! Your color selection and saturation are really well done! Shiny tomatoes usually have multiple highlights which you have captured beautifully! There are a couple of spots where I see white lines such as the very bottom and in some of the creases where segments meet. I would not expect…[Read more]

@pgthompson thanks so much for taking the time to give me such great feedback! The colours are a mix of dark indigo, red-violet and madder at the bottom (also dark sepia), it took quite a lot of layers to get the right colour of the plum. I did think the reflective highlight was too light but was unsure, and I thought I can always add more later…[Read more]

@doug-milne Yes, a little violet or Italian red might work nicely! Always good to hear from you, thanks Doug!