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Beth Charlton added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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Mary Weideman commented on Mary Weideman's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Thanks so much, this is very helpful, especially since I find this branch so non-reflective that it’s hard to really ‘see’ the highlight. At the same time, I just love it, the texture and shape of this branch, esp. when seen in person, make it seem almost paleolithic. Thanks again.
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sheila y. commented on sheila y.'s Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Vern, thanks for the suggestions. I’m trying to get a little more toning a variety of green. I will get back to it in April and then I’ll study petals, too.
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sheila y. added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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Vern, thanks for the suggestions. I’m trying to get a little more toning a variety of green. I will get back to it in April and then I’ll study petals, too.
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Hi Sheila- enriching the greens as Vern suggested has given the stems and leaves some presence and made the flowers “pop” more! Nice work!
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Great composition! Love the sprinkling of those tiny seeds😁
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Ishbel Galloway commented on Ishbel Galloway's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Trying to get a perpetual journal going but I am already behind!
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Ishbel Galloway added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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Trying to get a perpetual journal going but I am already behind!
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Great start Isabel! It is a beautiful page! The one thing I would suggest is to work on the shading a little bit. I think there are a couple of places on the cones and the catkins where adding some more shading would help clarify which cone/catkin is in front/behind and also enhance their forms. It is going to be an amazing book!
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Stephanie Harold added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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Wow Stephanie! Your drawing is beautifully rendered and I love the simplicity of the composition. It has a lot of impact! Great job!
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Stephanie Harold added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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Machi commented on Machi's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Following Vern’s advice, color of the fruit fibers was made lighter (yellower) and the edge of the cut surface was lightened to make it more distinct from the outside.
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Machi added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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Following Vern’s advice, color of the fruit fibers was made lighter (yellower) and the edge of the cut surface was lightened to make it more distinct from the outside.
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Beautiful Machi! As Vern suggested I think the cut section reads better now. This is a very successful page in every way!
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sheila y. added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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sheila y. commented on sheila y.'s Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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Theodora Korasidis commented on Theodora Korasidis's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Thanks so much for your advice Vern. Was hoping to do a nice job on this one and gifting it to my friends who will be gifting me so many of their beautiful flowers to draw. Honestly their garden is like the botanical gardens.
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Mary Weideman commented on Mary Weideman's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Thank you so much, Doug, your information is so very helpful, can’t say that enough. In terms of the measurements, now that I look at the photo, there does seem to be a marked difference between the size of the branch and the sketch, especially in terms of width/diameter. I’ll recheck my measurements; they were done with a digital caliper, so…[Read more]
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Theodora Korasidis commented on Theodora Korasidis's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
I need some help to add depth to the flower. Having trouble deciding how to add some shadow which I think it needs.
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Theodora Korasidis added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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I need some help to add depth to the flower. Having trouble deciding how to add some shadow which I think it needs.
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Thanks so much for your advice Vern. Was hoping to do a nice job on this one and gifting it to my friends who will be gifting me so many of their beautiful flowers to draw. Honestly their garden is like the botanical gardens.
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Theodora Korasidis commented on Pam's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Wow! How do you manage such fine detail with pencils? Well done.
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Rita Haft commented on Rita Haft's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
I had a very difficult time getting the quality I have on the leaves, onto the flower petals- it was a combination of water color and pencil – I know something isn’t right but can’t quite figure out how to remedy
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Doug Milne commented on Elizabeth Harvey's Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
Hi Liz- the image quality is good! Your toning is nice and the tomato’s have good form. I look forward to seeing more of your work!
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Rita Haft added a Photo 5 years, 7 months ago
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I had a very difficult time getting the quality I have on the leaves, onto the flower petals- it was a combination of water color and pencil – I know something isn’t right but can’t quite figure out how to remedy
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Hi Beth- this is a good practice page. The one thing I notice on your cherries and leaves is that most of them are outlined. The area of a subject that is on the highlight side is not going to have a dark edge like it would on the shaded side. The two leaves in the middle of the page are your most successful. Of those two the leaf on top could use…[Read more]