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Worked on adding shadows and darks as suggested.

Hi Mary Jo- this almost seems like two separate drawings to me. The right side is strongly vertical and the left side is strongly horizontal. I think I would have given the leaf a curve or something to soften the geometry of this. I would add some darker toning to the flower to give it some depth and punch. The stamens and pistil have more…[Read more]

Thank you, Doug. Your comments are giving me some ideas about changes that I can make-turn it , add lettered info, and as a last resort cut it and collage. Thanks again for your critique! mary jo

This is a result of having way too much fun with embossing, drawing mud and bulbs. Will try again with more discipline.

Love it Mary Jo!!! Fantastic subject!!!!

I love it! I think you had just the right amount of fun. 🙂

So fun!

Hi Julie- the tomato would benefit from more darker toning on it’s right side to enhance the form. Seeing the actual subject you can see there is a lot more room for color saturation to get to that red. Be sure to keep working on the various tones as you add more layers of color so they don’t get lost. Also seeing your pencils in the picture – the…[Read more]

Beautiful Machi! So much fun to see how they all stack up together. And I love all the different views you give us.

Lovely!

Wow!

Thanks Vern! So interesting. I’m just amazed by the creatures Mother Nature has come up with! I got this urchin at my favorite little shell / crystal shop in Sag Harbor. It’s called Blooming Shells! 🙂

Oooh I love this guy! What a delight. I think you could bring some of the red violet or whatever colours you used in the reds/purple details into the deep centre shadow a bit on the left side fading out to the right, to unify the colour scheme.

Thank you @sam-mcwilliams as always! Love your helpful feedback. I see what you mean and I will definitely add some of the red violet on the other side so that it all ties together! 😊

The changes really worked Fanny! Good job!!!!

Wanted to try to capture the various colours in this conference pear.