Love the colors you are bringing into a subject that can be very monochromatic!. I’m excited to see you finish it. I question that you begin the drawing so dark. Personally I tend to work over the whole drawing lightly at first then build on the darks. But if this works for you…
20 August 2020
Looking great, Amanda. As you continue, just remember to treat the entire garlic as one form, and tone for a shadow side accordingly. Love those layers in the skin!
I re-encourage what Vern and Katy said – the draw and tone the whole form first – so that you understand the mass/shape/volume and “feel” of the whole bulb. Obviously this one and the finished bulb look fantastic – but I can say from experience that we set ourselves up for difficult drawing times when we don’t conceive of the whole large form first and then later get to the descriptive details.
Love the colors you are bringing into a subject that can be very monochromatic!. I’m excited to see you finish it. I question that you begin the drawing so dark. Personally I tend to work over the whole drawing lightly at first then build on the darks. But if this works for you…
Looking great, Amanda. As you continue, just remember to treat the entire garlic as one form, and tone for a shadow side accordingly. Love those layers in the skin!
Thank you both! Will make sure to tone for a shadow side (it’ll be the right side).
I re-encourage what Vern and Katy said – the draw and tone the whole form first – so that you understand the mass/shape/volume and “feel” of the whole bulb. Obviously this one and the finished bulb look fantastic – but I can say from experience that we set ourselves up for difficult drawing times when we don’t conceive of the whole large form first and then later get to the descriptive details.