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

Great job Liz- beautiful colors and nice attention to the details on the flowers! You captured the delicacy of the petals! A couple of areas you could revisit. I think the flower bud would benefit from adding a highlight. The sepals on both flower and bud are all the same color and tone disregarding that part would be in the light and part would…[Read more]

Very helpful comments, I will work on this.

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]

Thanks…I’ve pulled the eraser out :-).

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]

Yes to all of Doug’s helpful comments, of course, and just jumping in again to say I really enjoy your style. Very pleasing.

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]

I like your drawing and its title very much, Cathie.

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]

Stunning.

beautiful!!!

beautiful

Gorgeous!

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

Amazing toning of the flower! Really beautiful.

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

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

Hi Harriet, I am speechless when looking at this. It is so lovely and delicate. I have a few questions that I know everyone would probably want to know. 1. Did you use watercolor and Colored pencil or just colored pencil? 2. How long did it take you to complete?approximately?

Hi Wendy, I did shade first with a deep purple pencil to define the form and shadows. Then a single pink watercolour layer and finally lots of layering with lots of colours. I’m not sure how long it took because I am now trying to draw for shorter time periods more often, because life gets in the way and my neck and shoulders stiffen up if I get t…[Read more]

ooh ooh ooh – it is so beautiful and stunning and just positively glowing

Hi Beverly, I really like your compositions. You lead my eye around the page. I’m drawn to all the leaves in their various stages: fluffy spring green, variegated, and dying. One thing I might have done is bring that brown leaf in front of the red beet slightly farther to the right to break up the large dark red shape. Also, I’m curious as to your…[Read more]

I picked the leaf three days ago so its colors, shape and texture have changed quite a lot.

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

Hi Karen, As I have said before, I really like your style. There is something about this drawing that appeals to me. There is a wonderful richness to it. My one comment would be to work on the reflective light and cast shadow. There shouldn’t be a strong outline. You can make that cast shadow directly under the orange very dark. It could be the d…[Read more]

Really appreciate your help with making me ‘see’. I reposted my attempt to incorporate your suggestions. It was really helpful to look at your work…I’m pretty visual. Thanks again!

I think what I want to see here is more of a sense of where the light source is coming from. The cast shadow and the highlight on the brown twig would indicate a light from the right. I want to see that highlight and shadow on the grey twig. (I know it is more challenging on a twig with so much texture.) Also try to follow the curve of the twig…[Read more]