Hi Liz- there are a lot of roots! You can keep adding them in stages if you find it overwhelming to do them all at once. Even though they are white, roots in the back and areas where roots cross each other will not be as white as roots that are exposed to the most light. Thin roots still require individual toning (arc tone bar) to illustrate that they are round and it helps give each root some individual presence. It is definitely a challenge, but as I said not as daunting when done in stages. For example, I see a couple of roots on the left side that are entirely toned dark, but the majority of the root seems to be mostly in light. Parts of the root will be toned darker and some parts of it will be much, much lighter.
07 March 2020
Liz, you can continue to add more roots in stages if it feels overwhelming to do them all at once. Some will be lighter (the ones in front) and others will be darker (the ones in the back), but if you keep a good chunk of them on top and tone them lighter, we will get the idea that they are light-colored roots. I also want to point out the terminal ends of these here. They won’t all end as curvy and lyrical as you have them here. Some will have a blunt end, and they might be a little straighter… Look at your photo (very helpful, by the way), and compare the terminal ends of the roots you see there with the ones you’ve drawn and see if you can see what I mean. 🙂 Great work!
Hi Liz- there are a lot of roots! You can keep adding them in stages if you find it overwhelming to do them all at once. Even though they are white, roots in the back and areas where roots cross each other will not be as white as roots that are exposed to the most light. Thin roots still require individual toning (arc tone bar) to illustrate that they are round and it helps give each root some individual presence. It is definitely a challenge, but as I said not as daunting when done in stages. For example, I see a couple of roots on the left side that are entirely toned dark, but the majority of the root seems to be mostly in light. Parts of the root will be toned darker and some parts of it will be much, much lighter.
Liz, you can continue to add more roots in stages if it feels overwhelming to do them all at once. Some will be lighter (the ones in front) and others will be darker (the ones in the back), but if you keep a good chunk of them on top and tone them lighter, we will get the idea that they are light-colored roots. I also want to point out the terminal ends of these here. They won’t all end as curvy and lyrical as you have them here. Some will have a blunt end, and they might be a little straighter… Look at your photo (very helpful, by the way), and compare the terminal ends of the roots you see there with the ones you’ve drawn and see if you can see what I mean. 🙂 Great work!