I keep pIugging away under the theory, “the only way to fail is to quit!” kept buying more pencils as I went along, but still didn’t come close to raw wood color. In real life the raw wood is much too gold.
Bonnie, I love your attention to detail! It can be a struggle to keep the overall 3D form of a subject when it’s so patterned and detailed. That’s what seems to be happening here. You may want to go back into this drawing with the cylinder model in mind and darken the shadow side (right side), an bring back some of the highlight about 1/4 of the way in from the left. It’s such a great stick! As for as color goes. It’s looking a little more gray than the photo of the actual stick. You could use more burnt sienna to brown it up some more. You are doing great. Can’t wait to see more.
I keep pIugging away under the theory, “the only way to fail is to quit!” kept buying more pencils as I went along, but still didn’t come close to raw wood color. In real life the raw wood is much too gold.
Bonnie, I love your attention to detail! It can be a struggle to keep the overall 3D form of a subject when it’s so patterned and detailed. That’s what seems to be happening here. You may want to go back into this drawing with the cylinder model in mind and darken the shadow side (right side), an bring back some of the highlight about 1/4 of the way in from the left. It’s such a great stick! As for as color goes. It’s looking a little more gray than the photo of the actual stick. You could use more burnt sienna to brown it up some more. You are doing great. Can’t wait to see more.