The top leaf is beautiful Elizabeth! The bottom leaf could use more dark toning along the left side of the main vein as you did on the leaf above. I think it would also benefit from adding the highlights to the right side that I see in the photo. Maybe the leaf did not start out cupping up as it appears in the photo. If that is the nature of the leaf look at the leaf again to see where the dark toning and highlights should be to get that effect. I would lighten the brown spot and add some of it’s details to look more like the actual subject. Color selection and saturation are really good!
30 September 2021
Such delicate studies! Great job, Elizabeth. Work on following those veins very closely and observing their direction as they move toward the leaf margin. And keep the veins very thin–as thin as you can! 🙂 Keep up the good work! Leaves are a fascinating subject to draw over and over again.
The top leaf is beautiful Elizabeth! The bottom leaf could use more dark toning along the left side of the main vein as you did on the leaf above. I think it would also benefit from adding the highlights to the right side that I see in the photo. Maybe the leaf did not start out cupping up as it appears in the photo. If that is the nature of the leaf look at the leaf again to see where the dark toning and highlights should be to get that effect. I would lighten the brown spot and add some of it’s details to look more like the actual subject. Color selection and saturation are really good!
Such delicate studies! Great job, Elizabeth. Work on following those veins very closely and observing their direction as they move toward the leaf margin. And keep the veins very thin–as thin as you can! 🙂 Keep up the good work! Leaves are a fascinating subject to draw over and over again.