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Thank you for the feedback. I like the idea of attaching the whole peach to another branch. I started this composition in the Peaches workshop last year.

Thank you for the feedback.

Okay, thank you for the feedback.

Thanks! It was a project from an online class with Denver Botanic Gardens.

What a difference! I love the changes to the leaves. Wonderful.

Oh my goodness. This is so beautiful

I LOVE how you incorporated that branch in the back and get it monochrome. It really sets off the other parts of the drawing. Compositionally, I think that I would rather see that whole peach below the branch instead of on top of it. It just seams a little out place kind of resting on that leaf. If there was another branch above it, where you…[Read more]

To brighten the branches, you could try adding in a little pale geranium lake.

Stephanie, this is lovely. What I’ll often do when tryin to figure out a composition, is to make some quick drawings on tracing paper to see what it would look like. That way I can play around with the composition. You could give that a try. Could you incorporate the red leaves into the drawing of the of the white berries in a bunch? There is also…[Read more]

Thank you, Doug, for your excellent suggestion. I did a quick and dirty job this morning so that the revised version can be discussed at today’s Zoom.

Hi Machi! The apples are gorgeous! The composition is really nice, but I see what you mean about there being a lot of leaves. One observation is that there is a lot of contrast on the leaves, which I don’t expect and I find distracting. I would tone down a lot of the bright white highlights. Also, if you frame this piece, I would consider c…[Read more]