Activity – Draw Botanical LLC

Pam commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Ahhh. I just love your duckies. such a fun illustration.

Pam commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

I love the whimsy of this one.

Pam commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Another beauty.

Pam commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Another lovely drawing. It’s fun to see you doing some more strictly botanical work. These are great.

Pam commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Oh Dolores. This is fantastic!!!

Pam commented on Emily Arnett's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Nice to see you continuing through the lessons, Emily!

Pam commented on sheila y.'s Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Oooh. Interesting on the Kraft paper. I think that the Kraft paper makes it more obvious that these are cutouts. I feel like the standards of the iris may need a little more contrast/darks? I don’t know. What do you think?

Becky Bruno commented on Becky Bruno's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

@doug-milne, thanks for the clarification. Does this look better? I tried to tone them down.

Becky Bruno added a Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

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Becky Bruno replied 1 year, 10 months ago

@doug-milne, thanks for the clarification. Does this look better? I tried to tone them down.
Pam replied 1 year, 10 months ago

I really love this drawing, Becky. It’s such a sweet composition. Your toned-down reflected highlights look great. It’s a really lovely drawing.

Becky Bruno added a Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

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Doug Milne replied 1 year, 10 months ago

Gorgeous saturated colors Becky! Wonderful texture and form! I would fix the white line on the right side where the edge of the fruit meets the leaf.

Maureen Doram added a Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

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Doug Milne replied 1 year, 10 months ago

So charming Maureen! Another one of your wonderful couple drawings!

Pam commented on Patricia Del Greco's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Hi Patricia, I’m so sorry this took me so long to get to! This is such a beautiful leaf. That purple color is so rich. I think you are doing a great job. Your highlights are great, your veins look nice and natural, and your colors are fantastic. If you want to try to get a little bit darker, you could go back in with some more dark indigo, and…[Read more]

Rita Haft commented on James Black's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

This is fantastic- I feel like it just completely sucked me in

Doug Milne commented on Becky Bruno's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Hi Becky – sorry for the confusion. By saying organic, in conjunction with my comment about the reflected lights as being too controlled in shape I was hoping you could picture them in your mind as being softer in appearance. I should have also said that the reflected lights should blend into the dark toning above them. Lastly, toning down the…[Read more]

Becky Bruno commented on Becky Bruno's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

@doug-milne, Thank you for the feedback. Can you please elaborate on what you mean by organic? Are you thinking they should be shaped different or a little jagged or just more blended?

Ishbel Galloway added a Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

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Pam replied 1 year, 10 months ago

Ishbel, I’m loving this bold orange color with the green. I really like the way you are handling the leaves – the way you are leaving them unfinished is working really well. I have never seen this plant in person, so I don’t know what the surface of the petals is like. But I’m wondering whether you might want there to be a highlight on your…[Read more]
Doug Milne replied 1 year, 10 months ago

Gorgeous Ishbel!
Ishbel Galloway replied 1 year, 9 months ago

Thanks…in fact the petals are matte.

Dolores Duran-Cefalu commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Thanks! Learning how to draw water.

Dolores Duran-Cefalu commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Thank you! I’ve been “branching” out into flowers more, getting over my slight fear of them.

Susan Belfry commented on Susan Belfry's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Thank you Doug. I know there are areas that need more toning – but did not think of the stem. Burnishing with white #107 seems to dull the colour – so I will go back with more purple.

Doug Milne commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo 1 year, 10 months ago

Charming Dolores!