Hi Clo, This is a well drawn flower! And I love those darks you are getting. Two things I would say as you go forward. First, I think you should give the stamens and pistil a bit more care. The bottom where they emerge from the inside of the flower works pretty well. Although you could tone for more cylindrical shapes. But the tops, where most of the information is, gets lost. I can see that the petals behind are a similar value and hue. This is challenging. Try to give the pistil and stamen a distinctive highlight and make sure their shadow side is darker than the background petal. Second, I would try to get away from a distinct outline on the petals. It looks fine on this drawing, but to get a more realistic look try for more subtle toning from the edges in and use the line more to indicate how the shadows fall on the edges Not so uniform.
Hi Katy, thank you so much for taking the time to give me such specific feedback. I have been learning a ton from all of the comments on this platform. I will keep my outlines more subtle on the next flower and continue working on bringing the stamens forward.
Hi Clo, This is a well drawn flower! And I love those darks you are getting. Two things I would say as you go forward. First, I think you should give the stamens and pistil a bit more care. The bottom where they emerge from the inside of the flower works pretty well. Although you could tone for more cylindrical shapes. But the tops, where most of the information is, gets lost. I can see that the petals behind are a similar value and hue. This is challenging. Try to give the pistil and stamen a distinctive highlight and make sure their shadow side is darker than the background petal. Second, I would try to get away from a distinct outline on the petals. It looks fine on this drawing, but to get a more realistic look try for more subtle toning from the edges in and use the line more to indicate how the shadows fall on the edges Not so uniform.
Hi Katy, thank you so much for taking the time to give me such specific feedback. I have been learning a ton from all of the comments on this platform. I will keep my outlines more subtle on the next flower and continue working on bringing the stamens forward.