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Beautiful Margaret! The leaves are lovely. Great color selection and saturation on the dahlia!

Hi Karen- this is a really nice citrus drawing! Great colors and saturation.! Agreed with Katy on making some changes to the cast shadow on the original version. However, I think this is a little too dark and I would lighten it a little. As you have done you want it to be darkest under the subject and fade lighter as it moves away, but you don’t w…[Read more]

Hi Cathie- I would give you the same advice for the gourd as I did for your tomato. It needs toning to give it form. We generally draw the form toning (grisailles toning) right after the sketch of the subject is complete. Once you have the toning in you start to add the color and details. There have been some amazing gourd drawings posted on the…[Read more]

Hi Cathie- you are off to a good start! The colors are good and the skin has that translucency that tomatoes have. What is missing is the dark and mid-range tones that will give the tomato form. The red/violet pencil is good to use for red subjects. The right side edge moving down along to the bottom area needs dark toning that will transition…[Read more]

Ha Cathie- be aware that when a root crosses over top of another root, the bottom root will not have toning on both sides of the top root. The toning you are drawing on the back side is the shadow caused by the top root crossing over it. The bottom portion of the root crossing in front of the top root is exposed to the light source so it will not…[Read more]

Gorgeous Harriet!!! Your highlights, form, toning, colors, the list goes on and on! Amazing job!!!

Great job Fanny! Colors are spot on!! The curve at the bottom and the dip in the middle read really well!

Hi Margaret, from the looks of all the lovely studies you have posted, you are doing a really good job refining your toning skills!

Inspirational! Lots for me to learn here on the art of toning.

Love the tones on the curling leaves!

Beautiful feel to this leaf!

I love this drawing!

This inspires me to really start practice toning – it’s just perfect!

Amazing toning of the flower! Really beautiful.

Thank you everyone for your kind words. This was such a beautiful flower, I couldn’t go wrong!

Love it. Makes me smile.

I love the toning on the big flower, so pretty.

Gorgeous!