On Lesson 26 I was unsure how to follow the grid on the top of the apple. On Lesson 27 I found the flow of the pattern on the top of the apple a little easier to follow without the grid. On Lesson 28 I found the video difficult to follow, I didn’t understand how to create the wrinkles in the pedal. Is there a better example?
Hi Denise- I think watching and working thru Lesson 34: drawing a ribbon and especially Lesson 38: advanced ribbon will help you create folds (hills and valleys) and apply the concept to your petal. If you have Wendy’s book, “ The Joy of Botanical Drawing”, check out pages 142-144 which is a visual and written step by step guide to creating cross contour and pattern on an apple. If you do not have access to the book I will take pictures of the pages and post them on the Feed. Let me know. I hope this helps!
The pattern you started to create on the apple is looking very good. The colors are nice and the positioning of the pattern is correct and is placed just as I would expect it to be!
Hi Doug, Once again thank you for the feedback and direction. I do own a copy of Wendy’s book, the apple example answers my questions and I will attempt this again. I also found examples of overlaps and ribbons and I’m sure I will find Lesson 34 and 38 helpful as well. Thank you do very much, Denise
On Lesson 26 I was unsure how to follow the grid on the top of the apple. On Lesson 27 I found the flow of the pattern on the top of the apple a little easier to follow without the grid. On Lesson 28 I found the video difficult to follow, I didn’t understand how to create the wrinkles in the pedal. Is there a better example?
Hi Denise- I think watching and working thru Lesson 34: drawing a ribbon and especially Lesson 38: advanced ribbon will help you create folds (hills and valleys) and apply the concept to your petal. If you have Wendy’s book, “ The Joy of Botanical Drawing”, check out pages 142-144 which is a visual and written step by step guide to creating cross contour and pattern on an apple. If you do not have access to the book I will take pictures of the pages and post them on the Feed. Let me know. I hope this helps!
The pattern you started to create on the apple is looking very good. The colors are nice and the positioning of the pattern is correct and is placed just as I would expect it to be!
Hi Doug, Once again thank you for the feedback and direction. I do own a copy of Wendy’s book, the apple example answers my questions and I will attempt this again. I also found examples of overlaps and ribbons and I’m sure I will find Lesson 34 and 38 helpful as well. Thank you do very much, Denise