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Karen Bolduc added 2 Photos 3 years, 9 months ago
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Karen Bolduc added 2 Photos 3 years, 9 months ago
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nicely done – I like the stems and the thorns, they feel prickly.
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Hi Karen- the berries look great! I would take another look at the leaves. Generally veins taper as they travel to the outside edges. It looks like your primary veins are tapering, but not the secondary ones. Also paying attention to the highlights and darker tones on the leaves will give them more dimension and interest.
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Nice job Karen! I think you could add more dark toning where petals overlap to add some punch.
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Liz Paganelli added 2 Photos 3 years, 9 months ago
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Great composition Liz. Highlights aren’t necessarily very noticeable on some leaves, but I think you need some in addition to more range of tones and colors. Green leaves often have an array of different greens. Playing up the highlights and darker areas will give the leaves more dimension and interest.
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These leaves are beautifully rendered Liz! You could emphasize the highlights more especially on the dogwood leaf. The highlights you have have all ready helped give dimension. You could punch up the dark areas as well. Great job!
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Thanks Doug I appreciate your comments and I agree completely. I’m still working on seeing the colors
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I appreciate your comments. I will punch up the dark areas as you suggested and the highlight on the
dogwood. I come from a printmaking back round, doing botanical drawing is new to me, but I’m having so much fun and I love the process.
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Ishbel Galloway added a Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
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Well Done!
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Wow!!! Those roots Ishbell!!! One area I think could use some punch is the two garlics on the right that are hidden by the three leaves. I would expect the leaves to cast shadows on the garlic and currently they look like they sort of blend together. Great job!!!!
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Good point Doug, I see that. Thanks.
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Liz Paganelli commented on Maureen Doram's Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
Beautiful composition! Do you know what kind of plant this is ?
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Liz Paganelli commented on Pam's Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
Lovely!
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Liz Paganelli commented on Wendy Kleinman's Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
beautifully done!
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Maureen Doram commented on Maureen Doram's Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
@doug-milne Oh yes, good idea Doug! Great to hear from you
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Wendy Kleinman added a Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
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beautifully done!
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i love it
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sheila y. commented on sheila y.'s Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
Thanks, Maureen, Clare, and Katy. And, Katy, I’ll see what I can do from your helpful suggestions.
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sheila y. commented on sheila y.'s Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
Thanks, Maureen.
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Wendy Kleinman commented on Wendy Kleinman's Photo 3 years, 9 months ago
Itty bitty seeds were down one-at-a time, it was fun to do.
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Pat Schiebold commented on Wendy Kleinman's Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
Wow look at those itty bitty seeds. How did undo thst!
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Wendy Kleinman added a Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
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Wow look at those itty bitty seeds. How did undo thst!
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Itty bitty seeds were down one-at-a time, it was fun to do.
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Love the seeds and all the texture inside!
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The seeds are amazing Wendy! The dark edge of the cast shadow closest to the melon fades in and out. Would a half of melon have a small cast shadow?
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Yes the melon had a cast shadow as it was propped up on a plate, on both sides of the melon, but I didn’t think it wise to show both sides. I had trouble with the shadow because the paper somehow was damaged, so the effect is blotchy. The more I tried to fix it, with a wash to blend it out, the worse it got so I decided to leave it as is for now.
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fantastic- the color, the subtle shading on the melon are so perfect
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Doug Milne commented on Pam's Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
Hi Pam- it is nice to see your work again!!!! This is beautifully rendered and I love the curve of the stem. Your toning is amazing! You have toned the seed head to give it form and the dark toning where the seed head meets the petals really illustrates how the seed head sits above the petals and it has a lot of presence!!!! Welcome back!!!
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Doug Milne commented on Pat Schiebold's Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
Great Pat- as I said before I really like this side view! Beautiful!
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Doug Milne commented on Maureen Doram's Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
Hi Maureen- this is a nice composition! It took me while to figure out that the pod on the right was actually another pod. It looks much different than the other two pods. I guess because the pods are integrated in to the other plant parts I am looking for a stem from the pod section.
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Clare Lindberg commented on sheila y.'s Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
Your muted lavender and green is so evocative.
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Clare Lindberg commented on Pam's Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
Really lovely, Pam.
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Pam commented on Pam's Photo 3 years, 10 months ago
Sorry I haven’t been around. I took a break from drawing over the summer bc of a family crisis. Things have settled down, and I painted a happy yellow flower that grows in my garden 🙂
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This is nicely rendered Karen! I would add a range of tones to the lower right side to emphasize the form.
The leaves are really well done Karen! I am confused by the dark color on the flowers. Maybe that is suppose to be where the color was darker, but I am missing the range of tones that lets me know which parts are in highlight, which are in shadow and what areas are in between light and dark. Toning is going to trump color on a black and white drawing.