Activity – Draw Botanical LLC

Amity VanDoren commented on Amity VanDoren's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

This was a blast! Why am I so attracted to spiky forms?

Amity VanDoren commented on Amity VanDoren's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

One of the challenges here was to get color saturation without having it look like wax….lots of other challenges, too , of course.

Amity VanDoren commented on Amity VanDoren's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

OK, this was fun, but pretty impossible.. The color of this trumpet is not that different from the petals, but it shows up a lot. I think it is the transparency part that is really hard to do.

Amity VanDoren commented on Amity VanDoren's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

Thanks for your comment, Katy – tried to redden the shade side and tone down the “dots” with water color

Amity VanDoren added 5 Photos 4 years, 5 months ago

Amity VanDoren replied 4 years, 5 months ago

Thanks for your comment, Katy – tried to redden the shade side and tone down the “dots” with water color
Amity VanDoren replied 4 years, 5 months ago

OK, this was fun, but pretty impossible.. The color of this trumpet is not that different from the petals, but it shows up a lot. I think it is the transparency part that is really hard to do.
Amity VanDoren replied 4 years, 5 months ago

One of the challenges here was to get color saturation without having it look like wax….lots of other challenges, too , of course.
Amity VanDoren replied 4 years, 5 months ago

This was a blast! Why am I so attracted to spiky forms?
Sam McWilliams replied 4 years, 5 months ago

Did you try layering watercolour and colour pencil? Seems like the best way to get colour saturation in the red violet, burgundy, magenta and deep red tones.
Sam McWilliams replied 4 years, 5 months ago

Spiky forms are so enticing and so demanding of the artist!
Sam McWilliams replied 4 years, 5 months ago

These look great. Allow yourself to try a darker green grisaille in your stems sometimes even if you don’t “see” it, just to up the value range and see if you like the effect. It could give more form and volume to the stems, and the darks help the lighter yellows read more bright. Don’t forget to keep some bright highlights – again, even if you…[Read more]
Amity VanDoren replied 4 years, 5 months ago

I will go back at this. I tend to mostly do the water color as a “base coat” Wendy had some helpful suggestions to take away the flatness in yesterday’s webinar. Again, it seems like I need to change my light source….

Dolores Duran-Cefalu commented on Jill Amadei's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

WOWWWWW love it!!!

Dolores Duran-Cefalu commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

Thanks! where do I put the dark toning, do you think? Kind of in general?

Dolores Duran-Cefalu commented on Pam's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

WHOA its the most perfect happy little guy!

Dolores Duran-Cefalu commented on Jayne Atwood's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

I love the color palette.

Dolores Duran-Cefalu commented on Jayne Atwood's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

Wow I love this and especially the edges.

Pam commented on Pam's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

Thanks!

Doug Milne commented on Jayne Atwood's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

I love this view Jayne! I think you could use more dark toning at the overlaps and a range of tones on the blueberries to enhance their form. The leaves seem small in relationship to the size of the berries.

Doug Milne commented on Jayne Atwood's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

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

Rita Haft commented on Rita Haft's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

I will go back in as your suggestions are always perfect

Rita Haft commented on Rita Haft's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

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

Doug Milne commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

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!!!!

Doug Milne commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

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

Doug Milne commented on Rita Haft's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

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.

Doug Milne commented on Rita Haft's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

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

Doug Milne commented on Amanda's Photo 4 years, 5 months ago

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