NICE toning on these apples, Dee! My leaf comments are the same as on the last apple one, and give us some more dark tones on the left leaf that’s underneath. Is the red fruit on the left from the same tree? I sort of wish the color there had more green like the ones on the branches? Love the cross-section!!!
Well, I definitely made a beginner’s mistake on the red crabapple! The fruit from the tree I cut them from is like the apples on the branch. I had them imagined red when ripe but maybe not! I’ll try some erasing and work some green in if I can. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much, Sheila! I keep looking until I find a branch where the leaves fall in a pleasing way, so I can’t take credit for that! I lay the branch down and draw from that position or sometimes use a flower frog. I just finished Wendy’s lesson on composition and it was so inspiring! 🙂
NICE toning on these apples, Dee! My leaf comments are the same as on the last apple one, and give us some more dark tones on the left leaf that’s underneath. Is the red fruit on the left from the same tree? I sort of wish the color there had more green like the ones on the branches? Love the cross-section!!!
Well, I definitely made a beginner’s mistake on the red crabapple! The fruit from the tree I cut them from is like the apples on the branch. I had them imagined red when ripe but maybe not! I’ll try some erasing and work some green in if I can. Thanks so much!
Dee, all these posts are wonderful. I really admire your compositions and how the leaves “fall” open. How do you place your specimens?
Thank you so much, Sheila! I keep looking until I find a branch where the leaves fall in a pleasing way, so I can’t take credit for that! I lay the branch down and draw from that position or sometimes use a flower frog. I just finished Wendy’s lesson on composition and it was so inspiring! 🙂