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This is one of those puffy sea biscuit sand dollars. It was challenging to try to make it look 3 dimensional without getting too dark. I would appreciate any tips! Also does the cast shadow look ok? Thanks so much!

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BIscuit and shadow look good to me. 🙂 That sand dollar is stunning. You captured it so well and with such fine detail. I think you could add a bit of warm colours in just a few places, maybe a touch of light ochre or some such applied so lightly. You really nailed the feel of it, Jill. Lovely.

Thank you! @lizs

Thanks so much @sam-mcwilliams for the positive feedback and the helpful tip. I added a slight bit of light ochre here and there and it’s just what it needed to bring it to life a bit more. Thanks! 🙂

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After the composition workshop, I decided to work on the conifer arrangement. I’ve only just started, so a lot of detailing to add to the cones. They will be the focal point, so I’ll keep that area the darkest and perhaps keep the branches and needles lower down the page lighter in general?

Awesome start, of course. We’ll follow along excitedly to see how your plan goes. I already wonder if you’ll need something sneaking out in the background behind that top cone…

Thanks Sam! Yes, I was wondering the same thing, it seems a bit abrupt at the top there. Thanks for mentioning that.

The reason I chose this view is twofold: 1) in this aerial view the cone looks like a flower 2) the spiral aspects of a pine cone are too advanced for me at this time. Maybe in another year things will be different……….

Sweet composition! Makes me feel sunny! Love all that work on the green sepals. You have managed to give them a voice amid all that Yellowness clamoring for attention. I would take the darks darker. In the center of the flower and in the areas between the petals as they connect to the center section. Even in the greens. darken the little triangles…[Read more]

Okay I’ll use dk sepia in those areas. I was using walnut but I can se with this scan it doesn’t recede enough. Believe it or not these sunflowers are blooming away on Wurts Street in Kingston. It’s at a garden I maintain.

Gorgeous!

Such rich, beautiful colors! The cast shadow is a bit heavy though. I’d lighten it by about 50%. You could keep it dark right at the edge then and taper out

Thanks for that suggestion! I think it scanned darker than in actuality BUT I did take out most of the shadow and keep the line only. Much better.

This is the most complex drawing I’ve tried. Its very well acquainted with my eraser. Time invested+the wrong pencil stroke=increased anxiety.

You are a gem, Sara. I think a book of these will definitely need to be published.