I’m drawing a bit of holly to add as an accent to my holiday cards. I know this needs to go darker still. I’d appreciate any advice you can give me to help me finish this little drawing.
04 December 2020
Nice, Carol! I think all this needs is some more saturation and toning. Remember, to keep the holly leaf shiny, try to maintain those bright white highlights as you add more saturation. You can also make the highlights on the berries a little smaller, to show that those have a shine as well. Tone the overlaps with a color like Red Violet or Dark Sepia to really get that 3d effect. Great work, keep going!!!
Hi Carol, we also found in the shiny/fuzzy leaves workshop that using the blue indigo pencil #157 to darken shaded areas on the leaf really improved the shiny “holly” quality of the drawing. The contrast of the dark and the white highlights makes it shine. And I agree – more saturation in the red berries. 🙂
I’m drawing a bit of holly to add as an accent to my holiday cards. I know this needs to go darker still. I’d appreciate any advice you can give me to help me finish this little drawing.
Nice, Carol! I think all this needs is some more saturation and toning. Remember, to keep the holly leaf shiny, try to maintain those bright white highlights as you add more saturation. You can also make the highlights on the berries a little smaller, to show that those have a shine as well. Tone the overlaps with a color like Red Violet or Dark Sepia to really get that 3d effect. Great work, keep going!!!
Thank you!
Hi Carol, we also found in the shiny/fuzzy leaves workshop that using the blue indigo pencil #157 to darken shaded areas on the leaf really improved the shiny “holly” quality of the drawing. The contrast of the dark and the white highlights makes it shine. And I agree – more saturation in the red berries. 🙂