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Beautiful Ishbel! There are a couple of spots that I would tone. The bottom right petal and the second one down from the top on the right. The same view and I think the middle petal would be in shadow (at least close to the center). The bottom right petal of that flower (2nd from top) could also use a little more toning. It is a confusing spot…[Read more]

Thanks Doug…I’ll work on it a bit more. Things are not too bad here on my little island…NYC is frightening so glad you guys are in the countryside. Be safe.

Hi Ayse- your preparation is amazing! I am curious why the drawing on the left does not become your finished drawing? The finished drawing on the right is beautiful. Great colors, saturation and composition. The thing I like about the drawing on the left is that I see more highlights and toning. That is missing from the drawing on the right so it…[Read more]

Beautiful Ayse! Great colors and composition!

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So fun – the first sign of spring. Love them

Hi Pam- I can see why you love them! Great color selection and saturation! What I am missing is the toning so I get the sense of their forms and details. Take another look at this photo. On the actual cross section of flower in the middle bottom you can see that some petals are darker than others as do the shorter stamens in the middle. Adding…[Read more]

Thanks for uour helpful comments, Doug. I do have trouble with toning especially on small light coloured flowers. Well probably on all flowers! Will try to take a black and white photo of another coltsfoot flower. I noticed that on the photograph the cut specimen looked much darker than in real life. I will try another specimen.

so soft and delicate – I love them.

Greetings Hsi- the text and illustration are so beautiful! Each of them tell a story and compliment one another at the same time! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

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.

Hsi- it is a beautiful rendering of the front and back view of these leaves. Such subtle colors! I would consider a little dark toning along the main vein on both views.

Unfortunately, right now I can’t get the beautiful flower for this bean, but I’m leaving a space for it. Thinking I might need to darken the left side of the bean? The open pod sections?

I like what looks like very subtle veining on the big bean

Hi Sheila- beautiful! I agree with you on both points. I don’t think the left side of the bean needs much shading, but it does not look consistent to me. There are sections along the length that have darker toning and then sections that don’t. The toning where it has dark toning looks good! The open pod on the right needs toning on the ext…[Read more]