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Hi Carol- Lisianthus is a great flower to draw and you have done a wonderful job! I love how you captured the swirl on the front facing bloom. I am not familiar with this double variety, which is amazing! The colors are soft, but I don’t think the image is grainy. I would proceed with the leaves on the right and then see if you could or should a…[Read more]

Hi Stephanie- I love how you captured the color and textures of the transition from old wood to new wood. Everything is beautifully rendered and I appreciate the composition and calligraphy. Great job!!!

It looks great Carol!!!! That leaf in the back is perfect and the other leaves make sense now. Beautiful job!

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Lisianthus, a darling of the wedding flower industry! This is an unusual coral coloured, double, fringe petaled variety that caught my eye this snowy February.You gotta love these ‘ bit over-the-top’ varieties, don’t you!!? I I was caught by it’s coral colour. ( We used lisianthus in my daughter-in-laws wedding bouquets and I loved its lyrical…[Read more]

Is this better???

Thanks Doug – I darkened it a bit in the later post with the flowers but maybe I could do a bit more!

Hi Rita- this is a nice drawing with a lot of positive qualities. You have really captured the color and paper like quality of this red onion. The thing that really throws me is it’s shape. I know onions come in many different shapes and there can be a lot of beauty found in the odd and unusual, but there is something about the shape of this one (…[Read more]

Hi Ginny- good start on this cylinder toning exercise. Your darks are nice and rich! Be aware that the dark toning on the left side should not be as dark as the shadowed side. You want to work left from the highlight to a tone 4 or 5. I would suggest a couple of other things to work on. I see distinct vertical lines separating the tones. Work on…[Read more]

Hi Ginny! It is fun to see your watercolor testing bars. The tomato is nicely rendered. I would give it more dark and mid-range toning to enhance it’s round form. You could also saturate the color more overall. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Beautiful Machi! As Vern suggested I think the cut section reads better now. This is a very successful page in every way!

Great job on the bulb Ishbel! The roots are amazing! I think you could use some dark and mid-tone shading on the bulb to enhance it’s form.

THANKYOU both so much for the input!! A second and third pair of eyes see things that one just doesn’t see after staring at a drawing for hours! And thanks Doug for those excellent sketches, it’s a perfect method of ‘explaining’ what doesn’t get through verbally. ( I guess most of us on this feed are visual learners😁) I shall get to work on this.…[Read more]

Happiest with the bulb…your lesson on roots was really good Wendy!