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the branch was a dark colour but I was just aiming at getting the tones correct at this stage! thank you for your comments

Hi Diane-your branch is beautifully rendered! You have achieved nice, smooth toning with a great range of tones! My question is if this is a light or richly colored branch? If you were to add color on to this drawing the toning you have done would be sufficient, but if this is a black/white drawing and it is a richly colored branch I would expect…[Read more]

Hi Colleen- these branches look really good. The top of the branch on the left has nice crisp edges, but gets fuzzier towards the bottom. I would make the same comment on the branches as I did on the fruit and that is you are missing the range of tones. It is hard to have a 9 tone range on a thin subject, but it is possible to show a good range…[Read more]

Hi Colleen- you are off to a good start with toning these fruits. I think what they are lacking is a range of toning and this is easy to remedy. Consistently I see a small area of dark toning and then large swathes of similar mid-range and light tones. It is also evident on your red color arc exercise. Looking back at the arc toning exercise,…[Read more]

Oh! Those temperamental models!!!!!

Hi Sheila- I see you figured out a solution to the erasing mishap. Good job! The translucent quality on these plums is really nice. Looking forward to the next stage!

Probably pits on the way.

Thanks Vern and Doug, really helpful feedback. Definitely taking out the extra highlight, there are windows all around me. Branches and leaves, probably not available this year… but we’ve got yellow plums, too.

Thank you Vern, this drawing is more likely to be a diary record. I captured the pink of flowers, however need to draw more details of the tiny center of flowers.

Me again! I was just scrolling thru the ArtFeed and there are a number of very successful acorn studies back in January that would be worth checking out!

Hi Mary- I am glad you are enjoying the course! Acorns are great subjects because there is such diverse characteristics in a small subject. The nut itself is smooth and shiny and the caps are heavily textured and have a matte finish to name just a couple of the differences. Thanks for sending along the separate photo of the view that was giving…[Read more]

Hi Douglass- I like the darker color you added to the the trumpet. I think it would help if you could reclaim some lighter areas on the petals that are facing the light source. Right now there is not much variation in color that I think would benefit your drawing.