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Gorgeous, Leslie! I love it. I think you could still darken a bit more where your flowers overlap the leaf and in some other areas on your stem and leaves for balance. I think those touches of a bit more darks will really give it a strong finish! You should be so proud. What an epic amount of work and complexity – those hydrangeas. Love the four…[Read more]

I love looking at this. It’s fun to be plant/drawing nerds all together in this community.

Thank you Sam! It was a lot of work! Good feedback; you’re never quite finished until someone objectively looks at it! I agree especially the right leaf is lighter than the left, and I see where I could get in some more darks.

Very beautiful!

Wonderful, wonderful colors. So glad to be back to drawing!

Thank you Wendy! Glad to see you back too!

Thank you Wendy! Glad to see you back too!

Linda, this is looking fantastic. Do you know the type of Acorn/Oak?

Thanks, Sam. The very large acorn is from a Burr Oak. The cup has split and opened up. Like a flower! I don’t know what kind of oaks the other two types of acorn come from. While doing this Lesson I was wishing I had a nice deep rich brown pencil. Doesn’t seem to be one in the Polychromos. Any suggestions?

Thanks Vern! I have Bistre, which I use a lot. I will try your second suggestion. I haven’t used watercolor yet, but need to jump in.

I bet you’ll like the water-colours once you get comfortable with them.

Looks so good on the Kraft paper, right!? Double check your overall shape to make sure you get that roundness.

That slice is going along really nicely. Get your darks in there to match your tomato. Keep up the good work!

Thank you Sam! It’s nice to hear encouragement. :o)

Yes, I am loving the Kraft paper! I can’t wait for the workshop!

Me too – I’ve been scoping out all the white flowers about town…

Ooh, nice Pam. So ruffley. 🙂 Maybe I’d like to see some more variation in the yellows. Do some of the yellows tend toward orange or ochre to give some dimension? Maybe you can lift/erase a bit on your greens to bring back bait of highlight. or rush the greens darker in some areas to give me a range of values. Nice work. Lovely page.

Thank you for your comments. :o)

This is beautiful and has a great feel, Lucille. You could try pushing your value range, giving a full range on your value scale or tone bar from light to dark to give more depth or form to your leaf. Love the warm colours.

Thank you. You have identified exactly what I am struggling with. This is the third coleus leaf– I didn’t want you to see the first two! How to get the rich, deep colors, yet keeping the range shading. I will try again. And thanks again.

I’ll have to find one and try it again to accompany you on this Coleus journey.

One challenge is to get a range of value within in the limited space of the veining. My leaf does not look like the real specimen which is stunning.

I tried to upload a photo of the specimen but can’t seem to do it. The back of the leaf is also stunning with deep purple.

Try again to upload the photo if you can – I’d love to see it.

Almost done. I will get to the final leaf, but work is getting in the way at the moment!

Coming along so well, Amanda. Fun to watch the progress.

Nice drawing and colours, Collins. You’ve done a nice job with warms and cools. Makes it vibrant. The composition of the 2 plums in front leads my eye on a nice curve to the interior of the cut section. Am I looking at the pit or the pit where the pit was? 😉 You could define that a bit better for me. The shape of the lower curve of the central…[Read more]

Elizabeth, you have been busy! This is great! So well drawn! My only comments would be that I would add some more darks in the right side of the shell. Seems a bit flat, like it needs the punch of contrast to define the form. More dark as it curves into shadow. Based on where your highlight is, think about what area of the shell would be the most…[Read more]

You have done such a delicate drawing. Very nice.