Bonny, it’s great to see you practicing these tomatoes. You are getting there! The hot press watercolor paper really does make a difference, doesn’t it? You have the right idea on the toning of this tomato. You are showing us that your light source coming from the upper left by making the lower right side darker than the left side, and by showing that the cast shadow is heading back at about a 45 degree angle. GREAT! To help show that light source position a bit more, you could move the tomato’s highlights a bit to the left – they are a bit too much in the center of the tomato. You could easily do that with a kneaded eraser. That cast shadow has a great shape to it, but you could tone it down quite a bit. Wendy always tells us that the botanical subject should be the star of the show, and the cast shadow should just be a supporting actor. You want that cast shadow to be very subtle. You can try taking a kneaded eraser to that cast shadow and lighten it up quite a bit. Keep practicing. You are doing great!
Well, I worked on it some more, but it looks worse. I’m trying to be perfect at every stage, and It’s not going to work for me. I’ll move on and maybe catch up with myself.
It was much easier to draw on hot press watercolor. I need to move on even if I’m not ready.
Bonny, it’s great to see you practicing these tomatoes. You are getting there! The hot press watercolor paper really does make a difference, doesn’t it? You have the right idea on the toning of this tomato. You are showing us that your light source coming from the upper left by making the lower right side darker than the left side, and by showing that the cast shadow is heading back at about a 45 degree angle. GREAT! To help show that light source position a bit more, you could move the tomato’s highlights a bit to the left – they are a bit too much in the center of the tomato. You could easily do that with a kneaded eraser. That cast shadow has a great shape to it, but you could tone it down quite a bit. Wendy always tells us that the botanical subject should be the star of the show, and the cast shadow should just be a supporting actor. You want that cast shadow to be very subtle. You can try taking a kneaded eraser to that cast shadow and lighten it up quite a bit. Keep practicing. You are doing great!
Well, I worked on it some more, but it looks worse. I’m trying to be perfect at every stage, and It’s not going to work for me. I’ll move on and maybe catch up with myself.