Hi Karen- I love the range of rich greens you used! Leaves usually have a dark side of the main vein and a light side. Secondary veins will have this too. I am confused by the highlights. If you still have the leaf or get another one I would study the highlights and also the darker tones. You are almost there!
Hi Doug. I found this confusing too. According to Wendy’s video instruction, and on many leaves, one side is lighter than the other. But this leaf was uniformly dark! Does this mean do not portray what I actually see? And those really were the highlights……And I know it looks kind of flat.
Hi Karen- sometimes the dark side/light side is not very evident. Maybe it is the way the leaf is lit. I also have found that shadow/highlight details on leaves laying on a surface are not as noticeable as if you pinned it to a board, etc. to replicate how it would hang on a tree, etc. Thinking about it that also really refers back to how the subject is lit. Many times botanical artists have to draw things that you know to be the norm or what will read the best, but are not that obvious on the real subject. It does not have to be extreme, just enough to convey a leaf’s form.
Hi Karen- I love the range of rich greens you used! Leaves usually have a dark side of the main vein and a light side. Secondary veins will have this too. I am confused by the highlights. If you still have the leaf or get another one I would study the highlights and also the darker tones. You are almost there!
Hi Doug. I found this confusing too. According to Wendy’s video instruction, and on many leaves, one side is lighter than the other. But this leaf was uniformly dark! Does this mean do not portray what I actually see? And those really were the highlights……And I know it looks kind of flat.
Hi Karen- sometimes the dark side/light side is not very evident. Maybe it is the way the leaf is lit. I also have found that shadow/highlight details on leaves laying on a surface are not as noticeable as if you pinned it to a board, etc. to replicate how it would hang on a tree, etc. Thinking about it that also really refers back to how the subject is lit. Many times botanical artists have to draw things that you know to be the norm or what will read the best, but are not that obvious on the real subject. It does not have to be extreme, just enough to convey a leaf’s form.
Ok. I will trust the process…..