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thank you, Doug, that’s sweet. I could get at last my Verithin pencils and I did the shadows with it . nice

ok I am going to work on this
,.thank you

Hi Douglass – this is an interesting subject with nice movement. You could use more toning on the undersides of some of the leaves. The bottom leaf on the left for example. I am confused by how the leaves are attached and it would be helpful if you could submit a photo.

What a nice contrast to the more traditional style of your other Jathropa drawing Helene! The shadows really make it look like the leaf is sitting up off the page. I don’t see a shadow along the right side of the stem where I would expect to see one. Nice job!

Looks great Helene! I think the shadows are well placed and are a good tone! It is a beautifully rendered leaf!

Hi Rita- the toned down highlights look better. Do you have any plans for adding more details?

Hi Rita- the additional toning has made a difference! The bottom of the rose now appears to be sitting on the sepals and the various layers are nicely defined. The two lowest petal rollovers seem like they could use some highlight. Some other details would good on the page. Nice job!

Thank you!- I will work on it some more- I have been a little afraid to tone down the highlights because of my history of going overboard with the color, but I am going to continue as you suggest

well, I go on with my Jatropha leaves , In this one, I embossed the contour and it¡s surely more artistic composition than a real botanical drawing . Would you call it “naturalist art”? I struggled a lot on shadows

struggling with the shadows .finished drawing – well I hope…what do you say ?

well, I hadn’t thought of that but now that you mention it , yes. fine eye. actually I started the series with this one. As I have always liked this plant , a few months ago I planted one in my yard. and I thought it was a nice leaf to draw. The young plant has only this shape of leaves but there is a grown one in a park in the town and when I…[Read more]

Thank you, Doug. I appreciate very much your comments. Your drawings are so awesome. Well, I am not so sure just now. I first thought about doing one drawing with the different stages and the flower which is so spectacular too. you will get it any time. now I just want to do different drawings and see what happens, so I am in the process . But…[Read more]

Gosh, this is really beautiful, congratulations!

Thank you so much. Now that I’ve been away from it for a day or so, I can actually see what you are saying re the shape of the ellipse and yes, the ellipse in the graphite nut does look much closer to that in the actual acorn. You are right also about determining how close to the real a rendered object is. Lots to think about, and thanks so much…[Read more]

Hi Mary- because of the shadow on the acorn in the photograph it is hard to see it’s shape, but from what is visible the actual acorn appears to have more of a flat top and straight sides than what you have drawn. Both the graphite and colored acorns you have drawn are an oval shape. I think the elliptical top of the graphite acorn is close to t…[Read more]