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Really excellent mushroom drawing! It’s always difficult to find a viewpoint where you can see the cap, gills and stem all at once.

Love this Maureen! I particularly enjoy the texture and form of the cap! Also the loose, watercolor technique on the base! Great job!

This trio looks looks great on the colored paper! So graphic! Wonderful job! Is there a color that would work to give the stems and buds more form?

@doug-milne. You’re right, Doug, I haven’t really figured out how to draw these with good form. I’ve done a lot of experimenting but in the end they come out flat looking. Is my paper too dark? In the forest understory they are difficult to see because they don’t have much contrast. Some people call them ghost pipes, and they really are like tr…[Read more]

this is a photo of my itch peony

i mean itoh peony

I need suggestions on how to shade in the white petals. I am at a loss

Beautiful job! You are much more skilled than I am so I’m not the one to advise you but I can’t help but give you my ideas. I think that traditionally the light toned stamens would be on a darker background since they are in front. . Looking at the flower photo however you could ignore tradition and have the background lighter in tone than the sta…[Read more]

Hi Pat- I tried googling the anatomy of a peony and could not find clear, concise information, so excuse me if my terminology is incorrect. It seems like you are off to a good start. Are you drawing this from the photo or did you bring a cut flower in to your studio? Remember if you are drawing based on this photo the flower being outside has many…[Read more]

Welcome back Linda! Nice job on the branch segment. You have beautiful smooth toning and a nice range of tones. The horizontal lines that are bark details should not be straight at each side edge, but curve to convey that the lines are on a curve. There are so many interesting branches out there and I would encourage you to explore some of the…[Read more]

You did such a great job, Karye. Way to go!!!

Hello! I am not sure if I like the new version of the dark flower. I worked so much on it that it looks ‘muddy’. The lighter flower looks better after using dark indigo.

Hi Helene- I don’t see the muddiness you are referring to on the darker Iris. Previously I thought the image strength of the two irises was not consistent and I think you have done a great job of correcting that. This is a gorgeous piece of art! Love it!

Thank you Doug. Those are wonderful comments.