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Used bad paper, the blending and to achieve a nice saturation was difficult. The colours are not as bright as I would have liked them. Important experience….

Hi Ingrid, Yes, the paper you use is important. Good lesson.

Yellow is a difficult color in any circumstance. I can see you are working toward a spheric shape, But the highlight could be more pronounced. And you need more of a core shadow. Also think more about the shading around where the stem emerges. There would be a highlight on the right side of the indentation. and your shadow should be more to the left.

Darkening the leaves would really help the yellows pop…if the paper lets you!

@katylyness thank you for your feedback, Katy! Will try to make some improvements, but I am afraid the paper will not stand it …

Very pretty

Beautiful drawing! Such an interesting plant, with its odd coloration. I’d add a touch more darks in the orange areas. Especially the triangles where the petals meet.

Beautiful Jane! I like Katy’s idea of the darks to make it pop.

Wonderful job Ishbel! The area on the bottom where there are a lot of needles crossing over each other could easily be a problem spot, but it reads really well! I think the cone could use more toning to convey its form. I love the elegance of the upright needles! Beautiful!!!

Beautiful Ishbel! I have a few needles here too that I want to try to capture, your work is inspiring!

Thanks! Yes, I can see the cone could have more toning on the shadow side. At first I had identified it as a Western White pine thinking there were 5 needles a bunch but then I realized there were only 2 so there should have been way more precision at the stem end 😃

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Beautiful Jill! Because of your toning the pear’s form reads so well! I would consider lightening the darker toning on the left that

Sorry I had a glitch. As I was about to say the toning on the left near the highlight could be lightened somewhat. Your color selection and saturation are great as is your attention to the details. Wonderful job!

Thank you for the positive and helpful feedback Doug! I appreciate it!

Lovely, Jill. You describe the volume of this fruit so well – I can feel the weight of it. And the surface textures, light and colours are lovely too.

Sam, thanks for your question about the empty space. I had an additional branch and put it in. Originally I thought I’d leave the whole center open and hope there’d be flowers I could reach in the spring, but decided against it. This is just about fall and the unknown variety:) I’m still open to any suggestions, of course.

What a great addition Sheila! I love the positioning and the introduction of the gold colors! Great composition!

Fantastic, Sheila.

Yes those indents on the seeds are drawn so well.