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Having a hard time with the leaves again!!

Fern and Sam, thank you for your your comments. I love the idea of continuing the shadow. Also… I’ll have to experiment with the grisaille colors as well. Wonderful feedback from you both:)

Thank you @vern . I will try this again and follow your advice. I am actually looking forward to the lettering workshop so I am saving my drawings for them!

Thanks, @sheilayoshpe and @vern ! I will try this flower again. I found it difficult to produce the full range, I do need to try again.

Thanks @sheilayoshpe! I think I started by defining the lighter areas of the ruffles and edges of the petals. And then I used the darker yellows and oranges to produce the shadows and then merged them with the lighter yellows. So much fun. Perhaps we should make notes about what we do because now I can’t really remember very well anymore!

Thanks, Sam. I will darken the back petal a little bit and see what happens.

For a good photo, I find if I can put my drawing in indirect natural light that is the best. For example I’ll put mine on the floor and open the door when it’s light outside. My drawing isn’t in the direct sunlight but is receiving the overall natural light.

The dried out one is def my fav. So fun to look at – swirl around with. I find myself wanting more saturation in the top left pink one. And the red and yellow. I think the standard answer right now is, Keep Going! As we know you will. 🙂

I love it, Rita. 🙂

Hi Renata – my guess is what Katy suggested won’t go as dark as the corolla recess. Just enough to push it back a bit.

Hey, great to meet this here colourful character. I agree with Vern’s comments and like the idea of seeing how the shadow continues under the tap root.

It can also be fun, Michaeline, to pull one flower petal out and do a study/painting of it on the same page.

Such a tough view to do, Karen. Watch out that the reflective highlight isn’t too severe or it makes the form look “squished”. The white is a bit stark on the top. Looks like very good practice to me in studying and trying out seeing and layering colors. Good job.

Yellow is challenging and you are succeeding! Nice saturation of yellow here. You can try using ochres for toning – looks like maybe you have. And use yellow’s complimentary color of purple very lightly for some shading and darker areas. Also the earth green can be good for shading/grisaille sometimes. Do some practice tone bars. 🙂

Yes, Lesley, I like how I can feel the thick, rubberiness of this leaf.

Today I am really appreciating the lighter orange glow/midtones that form a beautiful circle around the highlight. Expertly shaded.

Hi Vern, thank you for your comments. I add darks with dark sepie in the flower the stem inside the leave and slo in the leaves. To make a good photo is a problem…

This is beautiful! Yellows are so hard. What did you do to get them? I love the color bar below, too. Like fabric.