Thank you, Jeanne. I love doing the dried up stuff — quite fun!
18 September 2017
Suzanne, this is SO YUMMY. Great highlights and awesome texture in the places where the “berries” are sort of smooshed. Really excellent work. I am curious–did you add color on top of the tonal drawing from before, or did you start over?
Thank you for your interest, Vern. Yes, I started over. This is the same berry cluster, but the first time I did it the berries were less mature, still bright green, so the berries were tighter. Due to a storm breaking the leaves, this particular cluster matured earlier than the other two samples I have here. I’m wondering if this is the reason the berries are still somewhat tight, while the others, aged more gracefully, are looser (for some reason, the second makes me think of the wilt of human-aged skin, moreso with more sunlight ?! ???? ?!)
The detail in the seeds and the highlights are just terrific!
Just amazing detail!
Thank you, Donna & Liz!
Wow! This is gorgeous. The color is beautiful. The highlights and shadows are done well.
This is a beautiful portrait. The different textures are wonderful.
Thank you, Nancy!
Thank you, Jeanne. I love doing the dried up stuff — quite fun!
Suzanne, this is SO YUMMY. Great highlights and awesome texture in the places where the “berries” are sort of smooshed. Really excellent work. I am curious–did you add color on top of the tonal drawing from before, or did you start over?
Thank you for your interest, Vern. Yes, I started over. This is the same berry cluster, but the first time I did it the berries were less mature, still bright green, so the berries were tighter. Due to a storm breaking the leaves, this particular cluster matured earlier than the other two samples I have here. I’m wondering if this is the reason the berries are still somewhat tight, while the others, aged more gracefully, are looser (for some reason, the second makes me think of the wilt of human-aged skin, moreso with more sunlight ?! ???? ?!)
Suzanne, this is just so wonderful! The glossiness! The highlights! Just perfect!
Thank you, Marci! Nice to meet you on instagram. Will be fun to follow …
This is glowing! Fantastic!
Oh! Thank you, Sheila! : )