Draw Botanical LLC | Katy Lyness | Activity https://drawbotanical.com/members/katylyness/activity/ Activity feed for Katy Lyness. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:49:30 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.5.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 b7d501758eb0c057f2cc8c965dbc53ea Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37456/#acomment-37473 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:29:18 -0400 Another sweet little drawing! I like your blues and the purple you are using for shadow in the bud.

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]]> b7d501758eb0c057f2cc8c965dbc53ea Katy Lyness commented on Ishbel Galloway's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37472/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:29:18 -0400 Another sweet little drawing! I like your blues and the purple you are using for shadow in the bud.

]]> 0 eb98a91f0a26c3d04a1b07251a4b9a96 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37453/#acomment-37471 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:19:08 -0400 I don’t think so. The whites really stand out with the brown base color. Are your issues with the way the surface is holding the colored pencil? BTW, I really like the composition. It is complex and interesting. I love that you are moving beyond a portrait of a plant!

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]]> 0ac79ddac1da64353de1eb63896e3f8c Katy Lyness commented on Ishbel Galloway's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37470/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:19:08 -0400 I don’t think so. The whites really stand out with the brown base color. Are your issues with the way the surface is holding the colored pencil?

BTW, I really like the composition. It is complex and interesting. I love that you are moving beyond a portrait of a plant!

]]> 0 7334aba04dc880a4dd837409c27cdae1 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37442/#acomment-37452 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:42:14 -0400 Hi Erin, I’m glad to see you moving in to flowers. This is a great study page for your first foray! Lovely details on the petals. The one comment I have is that you seem to be losing some of the dynamics. The highlights are missing and I’d like to see a few darker darks in those little triangles where the petals meet.

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]]> 43b2a8d8a933dd9344ad9c57f690c37f Katy Lyness commented on Erin Russek's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37451/ Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:42:14 -0400 Hi Erin, I’m glad to see you moving in to flowers. This is a great study page for your first foray! Lovely details on the petals. The one comment I have is that you seem to be losing some of the dynamics. The highlights are missing and I’d like to see a few darker darks in those little triangles where the petals meet.

]]> 0 26cb5a3cd0fd4a43b00ab1483476fd45 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37441/#acomment-37450 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:36:21 -0400 Hi Zara, nice smooth toning on this pear. The delicate transition to the highlights is beautiful. I’d like to see you include a core shadow and reflective light .If you have Wendy’s The Joy of Botanical Drawing, check out pages 43-45. She has great instruction on these aspects. In general, think about the light source. How is the light landing o…[Read more]

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]]> af3343f3d82d3605bf83a600a81359d9 Katy Lyness commented on Zara Harraden's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37449/ Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:36:21 -0400 Hi Zara, nice smooth toning on this pear. The delicate transition to the highlights is beautiful. I’d like to see you include a core shadow and reflective light .If you have Wendy’s The Joy of Botanical Drawing, check out pages 43-45. She has great instruction on these aspects. In general, think about the light source. How is the light landing o…[Read more]

]]> 0 3544c3bcbcdab9a7dedb80bac1e43592 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37427/#acomment-37448 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:32:08 -0400 Hi Margaret, lovely composition! I like the way the stem coils around the garlic! And the way one feels the papery quality of the skins on the inner segments of the bulb. Nicely done.

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]]> 3544c3bcbcdab9a7dedb80bac1e43592 Katy Lyness commented on Margaret Hahn's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37447/ Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:32:08 -0400 Hi Margaret, lovely composition! I like the way the stem coils around the garlic! And the way one feels the papery quality of the skins on the inner segments of the bulb. Nicely done.

]]> 0 34eaa5791e4896aebec7b357108371b7 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37395/#acomment-37413 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:16:38 -0400 White eyed birds indeed! beautiful use of colors in this drawing! I love the gray branches, with the pink flowers, and the green birds with a touch of blush on their breast! Beautiful! One thing I might have done is have the bottom bird be looking up at her buddy instead of off the page.

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]]> 61df895b2f602e7f1af59fc3b35c61f8 Katy Lyness commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37412/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:16:38 -0400 White eyed birds indeed! beautiful use of colors in this drawing! I love the gray branches, with the pink flowers, and the green birds with a touch of blush on their breast! Beautiful! One thing I might have done is have the bottom bird be looking up at her buddy instead of off the page.

]]> 0 39709eef7dea97ce93662cd8ff8e9c1f Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37403/#acomment-37411 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:06:02 -0400 Hi Heidi, This is a great first drawing! You have good control of toning and your sense of light on form is very developed. One thing to watch for is the white glow I’m seeing between the cherries in the cluster. There should be a sharper line to define the edge of the cherry. Make sure you keep that soft reflective light on the front cherry, but…[Read more]

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]]> 821b6d006dddc0db2e073aaba4d07ea1 Katy Lyness commented on Heidi Brim's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37410/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:06:02 -0400 Hi Heidi, This is a great first drawing! You have good control of toning and your sense of light on form is very developed. One thing to watch for is the white glow I’m seeing between the cherries in the cluster. There should be a sharper line to define the edge of the cherry. Make sure you keep that soft reflective light on the front cherry, but…[Read more]

]]> 0 2baf15a33648f6872c7fc4db2da34c6d Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37389/#acomment-37394 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:16:39 -0400 It’s all about the leaves! I love your dark rich greens. It really sets off the pinks. My one comment would be that the side veins could be darker and thinner so they don’t compete with the midrib. And the highlights on the leaves, both vein and midrib could be darker so the stem would stand out more.

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]]> a291e22da5bef8db5beb92dc9c4509ac Katy Lyness commented on Rita Haft's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37393/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:16:39 -0400 It’s all about the leaves! I love your dark rich greens. It really sets off the pinks. My one comment would be that the side veins could be darker and thinner so they don’t compete with the midrib. And the highlights on the leaves, both vein and midrib could be darker so the stem would stand out more.

]]> 0 3a52ca85d5ba9034ad120d03ee37c39c Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37390/#acomment-37392 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:06:04 -0400 Hi Ishbel, I love the delicate droopy petals. and the subtleness of the stamens! I also like the purples and pinks that combine to make an interesting overall color. However, the dark purple shadowing the upper right draws my eye too much. Maybe it should be lighter or thiner or more subtly rendered or balanced with other areas of the rose. I’d…[Read more]

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]]> e3f8a3dbc867a0b8b2bf59cb69cf63e4 Katy Lyness commented on Ishbel Galloway's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37391/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:06:04 -0400 Hi Ishbel, I love the delicate droopy petals. and the subtleness of the stamens! I also like the purples and pinks that combine to make an interesting overall color. However, the dark purple shadowing the upper right draws my eye too much. Maybe it should be lighter or thiner or more subtly rendered or balanced with other areas of the rose. I’d…[Read more]

]]> 0 c6e98c0c6004372353421e4982c1a281 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37234/#acomment-37247 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:33:54 -0400 Nice rich colors! I think maybe the highlights in the bottom flower are too uniform. I’m having trouble reading the shape of the form. I’m not sure if the petal is folding in or out. I want to see a rich recess. Like you have in the other flowers.

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]]> ee3b44c50e19f9b03d98c20e441e0f31 Katy Lyness commented on Rita Haft's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37246/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:33:54 -0400 Nice rich colors! I think maybe the highlights in the bottom flower are too uniform. I’m having trouble reading the shape of the form. I’m not sure if the petal is folding in or out. I want to see a rich recess. Like you have in the other flowers.

]]> 0 a9d1487691ebe819d4bf81011cd8523a Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37189/#acomment-37245 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:31:03 -0400 I love this! the contrasting textures are so compelling!

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]]> a9d1487691ebe819d4bf81011cd8523a Katy Lyness commented on Rita Haft's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37244/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:31:03 -0400 I love this! the contrasting textures are so compelling!

]]> 0 09047ca08d9cd8806a65c226d1cd9936 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37237/#acomment-37243 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:29:34 -0400 This is starting out to be a great page! From what I can see your embossing is working out quite nicely. Not an easy feat! I love your attention to the details of the margins and tertiary veins. Good Job!

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]]> 09047ca08d9cd8806a65c226d1cd9936 Katy Lyness commented on Kyra Saulnier's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37242/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:29:34 -0400 This is starting out to be a great page! From what I can see your embossing is working out quite nicely. Not an easy feat! I love your attention to the details of the margins and tertiary veins. Good Job!

]]> 0 08a7d09a71f2de5629be0989423b3913 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37236/#acomment-37241 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:27:11 -0400 Good curling leaf study! Nice range of values. And I like your use of crosshatching.

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]]> 08a7d09a71f2de5629be0989423b3913 Katy Lyness commented on Kyra Saulnier's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37240/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:27:11 -0400 Good curling leaf study! Nice range of values. And I like your use of crosshatching.

]]> 0 646077cf0331a8cae295bef3d4578f2d Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37236/#acomment-37239 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:25:14 -0400 Nice seeing your set up with the magnifying glass and all.

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]]> 646077cf0331a8cae295bef3d4578f2d Katy Lyness commented on Kyra Saulnier's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37238/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:25:14 -0400 Nice seeing your set up with the magnifying glass and all.

]]> 0 5015904c3f8529a58081db170747d800 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37145/#acomment-37188 Tue, 24 May 2022 20:47:20 -0400 Here’s the drawing

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]]> 766f62d8bf2662e3db5db597b8439cae Katy Lyness commented on sheila y.'s Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37187/ Tue, 24 May 2022 20:47:20 -0400 Here’s the drawing

]]> 0 550b90c0f90d71ca1da4d6b01135366a Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37145/#acomment-37186 Tue, 24 May 2022 20:47:01 -0400

 

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]]> 550b90c0f90d71ca1da4d6b01135366a Katy Lyness commented on sheila y.'s Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37185/ Tue, 24 May 2022 20:47:01 -0400

 

]]> 0 547865d635f6d10764e8d3e77a5635e1 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37153/#acomment-37179 Mon, 23 May 2022 16:45:23 -0400 Hi Helene, Those thin petals are a challenge! Especially those yellow tips! I think what this drawing needs is some darks. Just a touch where the darkest areas would be. Keep them saturated. Try using reds. Then add browns to tone them down.

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]]> c9669bd702c05cbb305ddb1b2d4f70ca Katy Lyness commented on Hélène Chiasson's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37178/ Mon, 23 May 2022 16:45:23 -0400 Hi Helene, Those thin petals are a challenge! Especially those yellow tips!
I think what this drawing needs is some darks. Just a touch where the darkest areas would be. Keep them saturated. Try using reds. Then add browns to tone them down.

]]> 0 f4189b8742a19e713d437f09035e3d96 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37149/#acomment-37174 Mon, 23 May 2022 16:40:38 -0400 Nice rich colors! And I like the your value range. The highlights really pop. Just be carefull to think of the flower as a whole, with the prominent highlight in the upper left. And a distinct shadow side. Also, sharpen your pencil! I want to see some of those edges crisped up.

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]]> f4189b8742a19e713d437f09035e3d96 Katy Lyness commented on Karen Minden's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37173/ Mon, 23 May 2022 16:40:38 -0400 Nice rich colors! And I like the your value range. The highlights really pop. Just be carefull to think of the flower as a whole, with the prominent highlight in the upper left. And a distinct shadow side. Also, sharpen your pencil! I want to see some of those edges crisped up.

]]> 0 a796b8f6508bf734ce59a7cd69736202 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37148/#acomment-37170 Mon, 23 May 2022 16:32:48 -0400 Nice work on those highlights in the purple flower. I love your richness of color. The purple with the yellow makes for a very pleasing composition. Yellow is a challenge. I think you could have kept more of the paper color open for the highlights. And be very careful of your toning. The green is a good choice, but the transition in to the yellow…[Read more]

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]]> 7c3961bff431cee3312487f88110b8e9 Katy Lyness commented on Karen Minden's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37169/ Mon, 23 May 2022 16:32:48 -0400 Nice work on those highlights in the purple flower. I love your richness of color. The purple with the yellow makes for a very pleasing composition.

Yellow is a challenge. I think you could have kept more of the paper color open for the highlights. And be very careful of your toning. The green is a good choice, but the transition in to the…[Read more]

]]> 0 331f734816bf3b4151c7223ad5343e44 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37147/#acomment-37166 Mon, 23 May 2022 16:25:38 -0400 This drawing is just getting better and better. I’d pay some attention to the stem now. Try to find a distinct highlight. think of it as a cylinder.

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]]> 41dea6d83ae477521506380b69d5de52 Katy Lyness commented on Cathie Hunter's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37165/ Mon, 23 May 2022 16:25:38 -0400 This drawing is just getting better and better. I’d pay some attention to the stem now. Try to find a distinct highlight. think of it as a cylinder.

]]> 0 5c2f5e62aabe8dd9ce7de0fe6d7cb2ed Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37145/#acomment-37164 Mon, 23 May 2022 16:22:17 -0400 Hey Shelia, such a great tangle of summer. Nasturtiums are one of my favorites. I did a graphite drawing of them I am particularly fond of. I’ll see if I can find a scan of it.

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]]> 32288eac64ff556a8a5f20041d18a1d7 Katy Lyness commented on sheila y.'s Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37163/ Mon, 23 May 2022 16:22:17 -0400 Hey Shelia, such a great tangle of summer. Nasturtiums are one of my favorites. I did a graphite drawing of them I am particularly fond of. I’ll see if I can find a scan of it.

]]> 0 0aa5956975a8ebf2bf6ad8cd52ba3ba4 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37144/#acomment-37162 Mon, 23 May 2022 16:16:06 -0400 This is a beautiful sensitive drawing! I love your rich colors! And the pillowing between the veins. Also the magenta of the midrib. Great observation! And the subtle cast shadow makes this leaf jump off the page! Good work!

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]]> 9c2518c317ee2e4da8103af2a75613de Katy Lyness commented on Iulia Popescu's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37161/ Mon, 23 May 2022 16:16:06 -0400 This is a beautiful sensitive drawing! I love your rich colors! And the pillowing between the veins. Also the magenta of the midrib. Great observation! And the subtle cast shadow makes this leaf jump off the page! Good work!

]]> 0 4afd6f338d5d2590412ad600772db581 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37143/#acomment-37160 Mon, 23 May 2022 16:09:56 -0400 Hi Iulia, That apple looks great. The photo is a bit in shadow, so I’m not seeing all the rich colors you seem to have. But from what I can see it has the rich, saturated colors you other works show.

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]]> edc6da31a0c9d75e176f8161d775eda2 Katy Lyness commented on Iulia Popescu's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37159/ Mon, 23 May 2022 16:09:56 -0400 Hi Iulia, That apple looks great. The photo is a bit in shadow, so I’m not seeing all the rich colors you seem to have. But from what I can see it has the rich, saturated colors you other works show.

]]> 0 fa50b3039f810b0924ab20a0522a7248 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37089/#acomment-37124 Thu, 19 May 2022 15:22:13 -0400 Hi Maureen, Thanks for the info on the florilegium. I’ll try to keep you informed as I proceed on mine.

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]]> 2482881d46bebbf897f386d11c535eb3 Katy Lyness commented on Maureen Clare Murphy's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37123/ Thu, 19 May 2022 15:22:13 -0400 Hi Maureen, Thanks for the info on the florilegium. I’ll try to keep you informed as I proceed on mine.

]]> 0 e213bbaeae9fab70aa357754bf018879 Katy Lyness posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/36953/#acomment-37112 Thu, 19 May 2022 02:20:17 -0400 I see by your photos that the root does have that strange sideways pointing position. Sometimes you need to make “artistic modifications”. As long as that dominant root position is not a characteristic of the plant. As I tell my students, “Draw what you see, use what you have learned.”

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]]> e213bbaeae9fab70aa357754bf018879 Katy Lyness commented on Emily Zelinsky Low's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/37111/ Thu, 19 May 2022 02:20:17 -0400 I see by your photos that the root does have that strange sideways pointing position. Sometimes you need to make “artistic modifications”. As long as that dominant root position is not a characteristic of the plant. As I tell my students, “Draw what you see, use what you have learned.”

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