@wendy, yes! I wanted to keep all of the strokes & notes of my preliminary drawing, so I used tracing paper to pick up the most useful lines. Created a reverse of the drawing on the other side, then transferred this line drawing below the preliminary one to carry on with shading.
Thank you for your comments, Liz! It is interesting that you see “crispy” in the leaves — they’ve been sitting in my window getting crispy for a dog’s age! : D
10 October 2017
I agree; I especially like the raised veining on the leaf at the top right. I just love your diagrams, Suzanne. <3 (Do you think that maybe the leaf on the left could use some more toning to make it appear more “curling?” Like some dark under the front flap and under/behind the acorn cap?) 🙂
Thank you for pointing this out, Vern! I didn’t think to ask while working on it, but it would have been a good idea to do so … while the light was coming from the upper right, the light was also passing through the leaf to the shadow side, causing the shadows to become much lighter. I can see that I could easily darken the shadow around the cup to accentuate it, but I’m really not sure how one handles the light coming through the leaf, lightening its darkest side. Do you respect the nature of the leaf — it’s ability to let light through as well as reflect it, or does form take precedence, so that you darken it much more than it is naturally darkening? The other thing is, the leaf really flattened out, then curled abruptly, so it didn’t show itself as curling until the line of darkness you see in the image, toward the area facing the light. I thought this looked a little odd, but it was also what I was seeing. ???
I like these drawing diagrams you are making. Are you drawing the image twice and then toning the second drawing?
@wendy, yes! I wanted to keep all of the strokes & notes of my preliminary drawing, so I used tracing paper to pick up the most useful lines. Created a reverse of the drawing on the other side, then transferred this line drawing below the preliminary one to carry on with shading.
Suzanne – I really love this! The leaves are perfect and acorns are so fun to draw! You are an amazing artist!
You’ve really captured the curliness of the leaves. They look very crispy too!
Thank you, Marci! Yes, I really enjoyed drawing this little acorn cap & plan to do the leaves again sometime — so much fun!
Thank you for your comments, Liz! It is interesting that you see “crispy” in the leaves — they’ve been sitting in my window getting crispy for a dog’s age! : D
I agree; I especially like the raised veining on the leaf at the top right. I just love your diagrams, Suzanne. <3 (Do you think that maybe the leaf on the left could use some more toning to make it appear more “curling?” Like some dark under the front flap and under/behind the acorn cap?) 🙂
Thank you for pointing this out, Vern! I didn’t think to ask while working on it, but it would have been a good idea to do so … while the light was coming from the upper right, the light was also passing through the leaf to the shadow side, causing the shadows to become much lighter. I can see that I could easily darken the shadow around the cup to accentuate it, but I’m really not sure how one handles the light coming through the leaf, lightening its darkest side. Do you respect the nature of the leaf — it’s ability to let light through as well as reflect it, or does form take precedence, so that you darken it much more than it is naturally darkening? The other thing is, the leaf really flattened out, then curled abruptly, so it didn’t show itself as curling until the line of darkness you see in the image, toward the area facing the light. I thought this looked a little odd, but it was also what I was seeing. ???