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This is wonderful Katie! Beautiful colors and you have really captured the silky quality of the petals. Great job!

Absolutely beautiful

Hi @dougmilne I’m grateful for your feedback on my past posts and I’m wondering if I can ask you a question about shading. By the time I’ve come back to work on the paperwhites, they have shriveled and I’m not able to get the same angle with my light source. Due to this I’ve improvised the shading. Wondering what is the best way to make a subject…[Read more]

Hi Faye- it has been nice to see the drawing process of your paper whites. They look good on the Kraft paper. Drawing live plant material is a challenge! One tool to use is a camera. Take a picture when the plant is fresh and is set up as you are going to draw it. It is a great reference. Another option is to get another fresh sample of the plant,…[Read more]

Hi Faye- there are a couple of suggestions for these paper whites. First would be to shade the top of the stem where it meets the flower petals. The petals would cast a shadow on the stem and the shape of the petal will help determine the size and shape of the shadow. Remember that there will be a curve to the shadow on the right hand side of the…[Read more]

@dougmilne Thank you so much for your feedback! This is incredibly helpful. Taking a photo or using a reference from the internet or book makes a lot of sense. The shading and light source is the trickiest element for me. I also started with a pencil that cut too sharply into the kraft paper which led to my initial sketch being overly defined and…[Read more]

I am in New Zealand and it’s sunflower season. It’s the leaves that were most compelling behind a beautiful flower.

Absolutely beautiful crispy curling leaves

This is beautifully rendered Patricia and I like the unique view. Having the leaves behind the flower helps make it stand out! Great attention to the details!

Thank you, Faye and Doug. I appreciate the encouragement.

As usual, you get great saturated color Rita! I particularly like the image of the single petal. I think it really captures the petal’s delicacy!

Great Maureen! You have a really nice range of tones on the branch segments and the buds and leaves are a nice addition! Be careful with the highlight. The main highlight on the lower angled branch is too centered. It should be moved to the left a little and the darkest edge of the branch would be the right side edge. The cast shadows are nice and…[Read more]

Wow Ishbel! This is gorgeous! The colors, textures and crispness are just amazing!

I love the contrast of stiff, pointed interior (stigma?) and wilting, droopy petal. Beautiful..

This is a good start Brittany. There are a couple of areas to revisit. The main highlight is too centered. It should shift over to the left a little. Since the left edge is closest to the light source it should only be a 3-4 on the tone scale as you did on the tone arc bar post. The darker side should be the right edge. I don’t know if I would b…[Read more]

Welcome to the ArtFeed Brittany! It is good to practice the arc tone bars. The fourth one up from the bottom is the most successful. The common problem with all of them is the areas flanking the highlight are too dark. Those areas should just have a little bit of color and the toning will smoothly transition darker as it moves away from the…[Read more]