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I have added some varying shades of green as Katy suggested 🙂 Thank you for the tip!

This is beautiful, Jill! I actually love the leaves and all that movement they suggest!

Jill, these are elegant!

This looks great, Jill. The extra green has given your plant a lively personality.

So great Jill. I love those leaves and the character-ness of all of these. wonder if the bells could have a bit more colour saturation in some places. Might just be the photograph, though.

Switched to watercolor paper to see if it made a difference. It does.

Hi Julie- this is much better! Nice range of smooth toning! I think you could go darker on the right side edge (and be sure to adjust the tones to the left of it if need be). The left edge looks like an outline. The left edge gets to be a 3 or 4 because it is close to the light source. I would add a little more of the tone you have on that left…[Read more]

I took a worshop with Dick Rauh and Carol Woodin about orchids, and then painted this in watercolor. I’m trying to decide whether to take it further with colored pencil, or if I should leave it in just watercolor. (This is a Dendrobium orchid).

Wow! This is beautiful!

Oh look at those stems! This is so beautiful!

Pam, what a beautiful piece! Great composition! And , watercolor!?! Beautiful!

Thanks guys. The stems (which I just learned are actually storage organs called pseudobulbs) are what made me want to draw this orchid. They are so interesting. My plan is to fine-tune the drawing a bit, and then try to paint it on vellum. But knowing me, I’ll get distracted and never get around to it 🙂

Gorgeous Pam!!! Love those dark centers!!! Your painting is so crisp and fresh!!!! Love it!!!!

Beautiful! How did paint the papery white/tan parts over the green of the stems? Did you paint the green of the stem first, but if so, how coukd you layer the lighter color over that? However you did it, it looks so real – the flowers are beautiful, too!

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Hi Pam, Thank you for explaining this to me- It is helpful to learn how you did it- much appreciated!

I missed the Webinar but did the rendering. I am still fascinated by the chickpea sprouting. I still have one on my window sill. It stands up in the a small pool of water facing the sun. I’m amazed!

Camille, this is wonderful. So interesting to study!

Beautiful rendering and composition Camille!!

What an incredible plant, so inspiring.

This is beautiful Harriet!!

So lovely! You have really captured the essence of this flower. I love the subtle movement of color.

Maybe a bit of artistic license with the colours! The flower wilted quickly and my photographs flattened out any subtle changes in colour that drew me to the flower in the first place.

This is so beautiful! I actually like the colours a lot!

Beautiful!

Gorgeous! So full!

Wonderful!

Gorgeous Harriet! The colors are beautiful! The centers of both flowers draw your eyes right in!!!

Gorgeous, as usual. You make it look so effortless – what beautiful portraits.

Beautiful, subtle toning! I love the glow that comes from the adding that warm color to the mostly monochromatic drawing. I wish that cross section was not so close to the edge of the paper. Even so, I’d like see more detail there.

This is such a cool drawing.

Thanks 🙏🏻. I will get into more detail when/if my mad drawing skillz improve! Need to make use of that magnifying glass 🔍