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Hi Rita- this is a good rendering! I like the composition and how you positioned the plant to exhibit it’s graceful curve. Very nice! There are some areas to work on. I feel the leaves are a little lacking. They could use more toning to convey which are in front and behind, etc.. Even though the leaves are small I think you could do more to g…[Read more]

Hi Colleen- nice job on the branch segments! With a little more work they will be spot on. The one on the right is the most successful of the three. It has a little bit of an outline along each side, but I would add a little more darker toning to the left of your darkest right side edge. That is the problem with the middle and left branch. You…[Read more]

thank you. Yes, indeed, this was a strawberry leaf. I think it’s to early for berries 🙂 I was sitting outside in the sun, so indeed, the light source shifted a bit during the day. I find it difficult to keep the balance between rich color, light shading and keeping it fresh. I’ll keep on practising. Thank you for the feedback!

Hi- Again, I am having a little trouble not knowing how much more pencil to use to smooth out the transitions on seedpods and the split pod- i did do a combination of watercolor and pencil and feel I am holding back again as worried about getting rid of highlight by coloring to deeply on it- anyway, thanks in advance!

There are portions of this worksheet that I liked, but overall, this work needs more practice. One of the biggest challenges for me is trying to render tiny details in a very small space. I know that Wendy said there is flexibility when rendering scales on an acorn, but there are also a lot of details inside the cuplet that can be very hard to…[Read more]

This shows nthe composition I usednfor this acorn, drawn in the next upload. I liked it because it allows the viewer to clearly see the line of demarcation alongn the acorn, the uppermost part being that which was originally under the cup, and the lowermost part being the portion of the nut that was not under the cuplet.

Thank you for your comments. Yes, I agree too re the toning. I took shortcuts and didn’t follow the guidelines I learned in the course, as I wanted to draw quickly – and I used pen to outline – but I posted because I was pleased with the end result.

This is beautiful illustration Hendrika! I would expect to see this in a magazine or book. For illustrative purposes it is amazing! If it is to be a finished botanical drawing I am missing some toning. Little things like where the dandelion stems cross and there is no shadow that one would expect there. More complicated would be the Mahonia buds,…[Read more]

Hi Liesbeth- this is a beautiful drawing. Be aware that your light source is not positioned correctly. I can see in the photograph that the light is coming from behind the leaf instead of coming over your left shoulder at a 45 degree angle, which is the universal standard for botanical artwork. When you correct the light source you will see that…[Read more]

Hi Sheila- I couldn’t see anything until I really enlarged the image. It looks like it is to the left of the stem above the fruit. It is tricky because the plum is positioned so high on the page. I thought of putting a leaf behind the fruit if you can get a leaf to work from at some point. It can be easier to camouflage a mishap on a leaf. Or if y…[Read more]

The actual leaf already faded a bit. This time I used a sepia color. Brand new from the shop 😉