Hi Amanda, so many great things about this drawing: the shine you get on the leaves and berries, the details of the stem, the rich colors! It is quite nice. My main suggestions for improvement would concern the composition. I would have eliminated the bottom stem and instead attached a leaf or placed a few loose berries somewhere for balance. That being said, I think at this point to improve the drawing I’d add some leaves to break up the strong linear element of the stems.
That makes sense. Yes, when I look at the drawing I can see how it might need to be broken up, basically to soften the lines a bit. Leaves and loose berries could work for sure. I was being very faithful in rendering the shape of the branch I had cut etc. I’ve since started to learn to be a bit less strict with myself; if I miss or add a leaf etc, it’s not a big deal! A comment from Wendy about composition recently stuck in my head ‘it’s not a crime scene!!’.
Some holly from a while back, any suggestions to improve gratefully received.
Hi Amanda, so many great things about this drawing: the shine you get on the leaves and berries, the details of the stem, the rich colors! It is quite nice. My main suggestions for improvement would concern the composition. I would have eliminated the bottom stem and instead attached a leaf or placed a few loose berries somewhere for balance. That being said, I think at this point to improve the drawing I’d add some leaves to break up the strong linear element of the stems.
That makes sense. Yes, when I look at the drawing I can see how it might need to be broken up, basically to soften the lines a bit. Leaves and loose berries could work for sure. I was being very faithful in rendering the shape of the branch I had cut etc. I’ve since started to learn to be a bit less strict with myself; if I miss or add a leaf etc, it’s not a big deal! A comment from Wendy about composition recently stuck in my head ‘it’s not a crime scene!!’.