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Hi Renata, Again, so luminous and vibrant! A joy to behold!

Glorious purple. Will some darker greens come in on the leaves? I’m going to have to go draw some of these now so I can comment more.

Thanks so much, Sam. I look forward to seeing what you do! I think I am obsessed with purple! Yes, will work on the leaves and finish the flowers. Even though they are already too bright.

Thanks, Katy! But now I am worried that I always make things too luminous and vibrant. Am trying a different one and will post soon (lots of dark sepia in it!).

I’m practicing a watercolor base, some scary embossing, and reflective highlight. Suggestions?

I love it! The reflective highlight reads more like a color change or even a bit of an indent right now. I’m wanting a bit more toning lower right to communicate that curve/volume. Great shine – embossing looks effective to me – just watch out for uniformity. Great job communicating that shiny apple skin, and the patterning is wonderful.

Looking good, Yahya. Now use a very sharp dark sepia and define clearly the right edge/curve of the form, and give some definition to the dark ellipse. Go a titled darker with your dark sepia and the right shaded side. Leave that highlight! A little clear definition will be nice – unless this is really fuzzy. The highlight would probably be a…[Read more]

Here is my draw together page of studying and taking apart an amaryllis.

What is a draw together page? I think it’s interesting to see how the left pedal respects the border-line and how the right pedals cross over the border. Interesting tension.

Thanks for the explanation of the on-line community draw. As a total newbie here, I have to say it feels very welcoming for the really advanced artists to be patient and interested in everyone’s ability level. Such a wonderful feeling to be accepted and not like an outsider. Thank you Wendy for creating such a place to learn from the best of the best!