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Looking good – check it out and see if on the top of that cylinder the edge closest to us looks darker when you light it.

I didn’t actually have a cylinder to light. Is that what will happen when you light one?

Good job, Pamela. Do another one! Try propping the tomato up on something for a different view – some folks prop it up with an eraser, or a napkin, whatever works to hold it upright and make a little still life subject for yourself. Get your single light source shining on it from your left shoulder area (or right if you’re a lefty). Try to tone…[Read more]

Thank you, Sam! I’ll keep practicing from different angles.

Trying out Fluid 100 HP 100% cotton WC paper, since I am having a difficult time with the paper developing a “nap”. I have this tiny block to test out the paper for WC. It seems to be working well for this purpose.

I always just stick to Wendy and Vern’s paper recommendations – glad you are experimenting!

Don’t forget your highlights on your leaves! Such a great shape. Nice edges. 🙂

These look great Sinead, nice work. You can give a bit more info on some of your stems – make me feel that they are cylindrical and that they don’t have the same width/diameter for their whole length. Thumbs up! Great overlaps studies.

Thank you for the feedback Sam! I’ll add more detail to those stems

Thanks Vern 🙂

Here is another try at a tomato. This one has deep cracks in it. I have noticed that I am having difficulty with the paper shredding a bit after I get lots of layers on there. It is sort of a very soft ‘nap’ of little fibers coming up. What am I doing wrong?

Also, I have noticed a little white line dividing two parts of the drawing, like there the red tomato meets the green stem. Why is that happening and what do I do about it?

Really like this, lovely colours, your paper challenges aside!

Do you have a Muji crank sharpener? They really make a huge difference. The long sharp pencils allow us to draw softer and build up the layers. Do you use Wendy’s cold press paper? Looks like you are a lefty, yes? I’d lighten that shadow, it’s too overwhelming – we want it to be a supportive player – not the main one. If you use watercolour make…[Read more]

Those cracks look great. I like how you get a little peek into the flesh of the tomato through the lovely cracks. I’m anxious to here what others have to say about the paper and the soft fibers coming up. I had this problem too when I used Stonehenge legion HP paper. I think I have too heavy of a hand for it.

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Good work Lisa – looks like you are really getting it. Don’t forget the highlights on the side shoots too!

Did you make a value scale like on page 26 of Wendy’s Botanical Drawing in Color book? You can hold it up to a drawing to help check if you are getting a good range of values in your object. I think you can still push these orbs a bit. 🙂