You are getting some really nice smooth toning on that green acorn. And your highlight looks really nice and natural. Great job. I’m a little confused about the light source. On the green acorn, the position of your highlight makes it appear like the light is coming from the upper right, but the cast shadow makes it appear like the light is coming from the upper left. Your cast shadows of your acorn caps also makes me wonder how you are lighting your subjects as well. If you go into you Practice of Botanical Drawing courses, under the heading “Modules” you will see a line that says, “Botanical Basics (Show/Hide Lessons)”. If you click on the blue “show/hide lessons” text, you will see all of the botanical basics lessons. Lesson #2 is all about light source. You may want to review this lesson. Actually, all of the botanical basics lessons are fantastic, and going through them all will give you a good foundation for all of the POBD lessons. Anyway, when you have a chance, review that light source lesson, and then if you have questions about light source, please ask us. It’s really important to light your subjects correctly. Everything else is based on having that light source correct.
You are getting some really nice smooth toning on that green acorn. And your highlight looks really nice and natural. Great job. I’m a little confused about the light source. On the green acorn, the position of your highlight makes it appear like the light is coming from the upper right, but the cast shadow makes it appear like the light is coming from the upper left. Your cast shadows of your acorn caps also makes me wonder how you are lighting your subjects as well. If you go into you Practice of Botanical Drawing courses, under the heading “Modules” you will see a line that says, “Botanical Basics (Show/Hide Lessons)”. If you click on the blue “show/hide lessons” text, you will see all of the botanical basics lessons. Lesson #2 is all about light source. You may want to review this lesson. Actually, all of the botanical basics lessons are fantastic, and going through them all will give you a good foundation for all of the POBD lessons. Anyway, when you have a chance, review that light source lesson, and then if you have questions about light source, please ask us. It’s really important to light your subjects correctly. Everything else is based on having that light source correct.