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So beautiful Helene! The leaves and buds are so well done and they really compliment the subtler, softer flower. Superb!

Hi Helene- I got your message. The only thing you might do is add some more darks to the “v” area of the overlapping petals. Thinking the entire flower as a sphere you could add some toning to the right side and a little on the left side edge. But not much at all for anything I have said above. You don’t want to lose the delicate color you have…[Read more]

Great color selection and wonderful textures Rita!

This is the last piece I worked on at the Spain workshop. I am unhappy with the left bottom flower that is supposed to be showing the backside, but I really messed up its perspective. I tried to correct it with no success.

I am glad you got to go to Soain again Machi! I see what you are saying about the bottom left flower, but I don’t if it would have bothered me if you had not said anything!

Wonderful color selection Rachel! You could apply more saturation especially to the cut view of the apple and also the leaves. So that the stems have form to them (elongated cylinders) be sure to have a range of tones from highlights to shadows so they appear to be rounded rather than flat. The top leaf looks pretty good. Leaves vary so much, but…[Read more]

Thanks so much Doug. It’s great to get feedback!

I thought that this vine was a mini-bougainvillea but then it turned out to be a coral vine (Antigonon leptopus). Drawing all those flowers seemed like a huge task – it turned out Ok because I did not put all the detail in each flower.

I can see why you found it daunting Helene! Could you punch up the darks on the leaves a little? Great composition!

This flower and these leaves sprouted from a severely pruned bush. To show how nature comes back despite hardship.

Gorgeous Helene! The flower in particular is so crisp and realistic! Terrific!

I think darkening the stems made the flowers stand out more. Beautiful!

Beautiful delicate colors Machi. Great study!

Wonderful study Machi. I would think of adding some shading to the top cluster of flowers to give them individual definition.

The flower color seems spot on!

One of my favorite plants! You really achieved the colors and getting wonderful form on all the various parts of the flower.