Wow Heather, you are doing so great. Your toning is nice and smooth, and that peal is looking beautiful. I love that main highlight – really well done. You really captured that waxy feel of that fruit. I love the area where the stem was attached, and how you nicely showed the shadows of those sections. There is one thing that is making the light source info just a bit confusing. Do you see how the left edge is darker than the right edge on your drawing? That left edge should be lighter than the right edge. It can be hard to see this on the actual subject because of a perceptual effect called “simultaneous contrast” (the way that two different colors affect the perception of each other). When a dark value is placed next to a light value, the light value will seem lighter and the dark value will seem darker. That left edge will seem a little darker than it actually is because it’s next to lighter values as it heads toward the highlight. And that right edge will seem lighter than it actually is because it’s next to that dark core shadow. But in reality, that right edge really is darker than the left, and you should draw it that way. (this simultaneous contrast effect also makes people draw their reflected light too light). It’s one of the reasons why just applying Wendy’s light source “formula” helps so much. You can fix this in this drawing by getting darker on that right side, and maybe even lifting that left edge just a bit with your kneaded eraser.
Wow Heather, you are doing so great. Your toning is nice and smooth, and that peal is looking beautiful. I love that main highlight – really well done. You really captured that waxy feel of that fruit. I love the area where the stem was attached, and how you nicely showed the shadows of those sections. There is one thing that is making the light source info just a bit confusing. Do you see how the left edge is darker than the right edge on your drawing? That left edge should be lighter than the right edge. It can be hard to see this on the actual subject because of a perceptual effect called “simultaneous contrast” (the way that two different colors affect the perception of each other). When a dark value is placed next to a light value, the light value will seem lighter and the dark value will seem darker. That left edge will seem a little darker than it actually is because it’s next to lighter values as it heads toward the highlight. And that right edge will seem lighter than it actually is because it’s next to that dark core shadow. But in reality, that right edge really is darker than the left, and you should draw it that way. (this simultaneous contrast effect also makes people draw their reflected light too light). It’s one of the reasons why just applying Wendy’s light source “formula” helps so much. You can fix this in this drawing by getting darker on that right side, and maybe even lifting that left edge just a bit with your kneaded eraser.