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Ooooh, Zara, such gorgeous darks! Is it a mix of dark indigo and red-violet? It’s such a nice rich color. Beautiful smooth toning on this plum, and I love the highlights. I think you can add a little more shadow color to your reflected highlight. Keep in mind that reflected light is never as intense as direct light, so that little bit of reflected…[Read more]

Thank you Pam and Katy!

Oh no!! Too late; I already went and painted it in right after webinar! Sigh… its actually smaller and more rounded than what I drew here and I might even get to put another b/w leaf behind. Either that or start over (roll eye emoji)

Good to hear from you! Missed you in Spain 🙂

Thanks for all those comments and you are 100% right about that overlapping area.n Easy to fix. In retrospect I wish I’d put the cut section in front but that’s too much of a change!

I really enjoyed drawing this – the dark colours were quite challenging to get right, especially with the toning.

Thanks for the awesome useful feedback!

These vibrant saturated colors are just gorgeous! Your drawing is very nice and you captured the texture of those petals beautifully. I would just echo what Doug suggested. You can go back in there, while imagining the light is coming from the upper left, and add in some darker toning on the right side and bottom of the flower, and in the deepest…[Read more]

Becky, these are such crisp bold drawings. They have a beautiful quality to them that really stands out. You are doing a great job. You may want to try adding a little more toning to the right and bottom of the flower to give it more of a three dimensional feel. Maybe first set up an egg with light hitting it from the upper left and really study…[Read more]

Such a lovely drawing. I love all of the elements. That single bulblet on the left is so cute, and I really like how are handling all the different textures. Lovely!

Yup. Really nice. I love the part where the stems are attached. It looks to me like they are clasping hands 🙂
Keep going. I bet you can get even more saturated.

What adorable little cherries. They are so bright and cheerful! How did you like the meditation aspect?

Now that I’m looking at this again with Doug’s comment in mind, I agree. That white flower is so interesting, but because those other flowers are so bright, may eye barely goes to it. You could try adding some more darks and contrast to that white flower, especially in the center where near the stamen. You could could carefully add a little more…[Read more]

Thanks for your encouragement!

@pgthompson thanks for your feedback! It’s much appreciated, I will keep that in mind for my next drawing, a plum…

Great drawing, Leslie. I really like the mix of the grayscale with the bright greens. Now imagine your light source coming from the upper left, and try to make that avocado look a bit more 3 D by toning it darker on right side and bottom. It’s really a beautiful drawing. I love the details on the stem and peduncle!

Really beautiful drawing. I love the colors. The texture of that lemon is very nice, and I love how you are showing the cut ope section of the lemon. That flower is my favorite part of this drawing. I LOVE how dark you got at the base of those reproductive parts – it really shows how those stamen and pistil are attached deep down in there. There…[Read more]

Lovely little flower, and adorable leaves. Good attention to the stem and peduncles – nice and carefully drawn – those skinny guys are hard.

Try to look at this as if it wasn’t your drawing. I think if you could do that, you would like it as much as we do. I think it’s great!

Great page, Erin! I love how you are studying all of those different elements. You did a nice job of showing those individual stamen – not an easy task!. I especially like that flower in the middle of the page, and how you are using darker value to show how the place where the stamen attach at the center receeds. You can really see it dipping…[Read more]