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Wow Jayne!!!! The colors, the textures, the composition!!!! Just amazing!!!!!!

I will go back in as your suggestions are always perfect

Thank you Doug – it is a prickly pear cactus leaf- and it’s very prickly- I do notice and it’s not by design, that though I like the drawing it sort of looks somewhat like a Roz chast cartoon and I am not sure why

Conifer cones can be hard to do, but these are very well done Dolores!!!! I think you could use dark toning (especially on the brown cone) to enhance it’s form. Great job!!!!

What a happy drawing!!!!! So uplifting!!!!

This is beautiful Rita- I love the colors!!! I am curious as to what it is. I was thinking it was a succulent leaf, but not sure.

Hi Rita- your leaf has such a graceful form!!! I think some of the shaded areas could be darker. Great job!

Hi Amanda-It would be neat to see the two versions combined on the page if you have room.

Hi Linda- I love this modern composition! Doing a row of flower heads (in odd numbers) would be an amazing drawing!!!! You could go back in and strengthen the overlaps and “V” areas. Beautiful!!!!

Hi Linda- these lotus pads look like bee hive sections! You did a super job with the toning and highlights!!!!

Nice Lucille! This is beautifully rendered! As you continue on with it I would be sure to add more dark toning where there are overlaps and those “V” areas.

Hi Bonnie- with your two spheres I see a lot of mid-range toning, but not the darker tones. The area surrounding your highlight could be lightened also. The reflected highlight appears to be on the table surface rather on the sphere/fruit. The cast shadow should be dark next to the subject and fade away as it moves away from the subject. The…[Read more]

Nice page Bonnie! Be careful when doing the toning on the cylinders. The areas flanking the highlight would be much lighter before transitioning in to the mid-range tones. The right side edge should be darker. The mushroom on the right reads a little flat because it is in need of a highlight and a range of tones to convey it’s form. You are off t…[Read more]

Beautiful Pam- you really captured that luminous smooth texture of a tomato!!!! Gorgeous!!!!!

The little acorn caps ❤️

Oooooh! I just love this.