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Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 5 years, 10 months ago Thanks so much Wendy for taking the time to help me move forward with my drawing! Honestly, I’ve been a bit discouraged because I don’t feel that my work is improving much and I’ve certainly spent a lot of time trying to get better. Would you recommend I withdraw from Practice and go back to Basics for a bit? It will definitely not offend me if you feel it would help me improve!
I was a decorator and a perfectionist and I think this has held me back a bit in terms of trying to make my drawings look more stylistic and less realistic. I’m not doing it intentionally and will work to retrain myself in this area. My head knows that nature isn’t perfect but my eyes and hands want everything to look nice and symmetrical.
I’m using an ott light at my drawing board and it has two 8″ long cylinder bulbs. Maybe I’d be better of with a different lamp that would show the highlights differently. What do you think?
I will stop tracing the lettering and see what I can do freehand. Maybe I’ll be surprised and hopefully in a good way. The lettering is my least favorite part of the process so fingers crossed!
One more thing . . . I know I post more work than most students and I never want you and Vern to feel that you have to show it all during the monthly webinar! The accountability of posting helps me stay focused and I feel I have a better chance of getting honest feedback from others who have more experience than I do.