Nice deep purples here, Dee. I suggest having another go at the leaf that’s behind the flower at the top. It feels a little like the curve is … drastic or straight in places… that curve should be graceful and not broken up by the flower in front of it… does that make sense? Practice the “drawing through” technique as you lay down your first sketches so that lines that overlap continue gracefully on the other side of forms. I love that flower at the bottom–how you show it from that angle–it really conveys a lot of information and is very well done.
Nice! I love Tradescantia. Have you read any of the Phillipa Gregory books about the Tradescantia the elder and the younger? “Virgin Earth” is one and I can’t remember the name of the other. But they are historical fiction novels based on John Tradescantia senior and junior who both were plant collectors. They are fun, guilty pleasure type of books, written by the same author of “The Other Boleyn Girl”.
Nice deep purples here, Dee. I suggest having another go at the leaf that’s behind the flower at the top. It feels a little like the curve is … drastic or straight in places… that curve should be graceful and not broken up by the flower in front of it… does that make sense? Practice the “drawing through” technique as you lay down your first sketches so that lines that overlap continue gracefully on the other side of forms. I love that flower at the bottom–how you show it from that angle–it really conveys a lot of information and is very well done.
I knew that leaf was off! Will rework it and see how it goes. 🙂
Nice! I love Tradescantia. Have you read any of the Phillipa Gregory books about the Tradescantia the elder and the younger? “Virgin Earth” is one and I can’t remember the name of the other. But they are historical fiction novels based on John Tradescantia senior and junior who both were plant collectors. They are fun, guilty pleasure type of books, written by the same author of “The Other Boleyn Girl”.
Flower parts taken apart and displayed very nicely