I’m not sure what caused me to do a citrus trio, since I’ve not done much with colored pencils. Here’s a lime slice, a small Satsuma orange with a shiny leaf (needs to be shinier – so help!), and a small organic lemon with lots of green. I didn’t put a cast shadow on the leaf, since it’s off the plane of the table, and used very light cast shadows elsewhere. What else does it need?
This is coming out very nicely. I like the soft quality of your drawing. I would recommend trying getting a really dark edge every now and then. I would put one between the lemon and the orange to make the two fruits separate a bit more.
Thanks to both of you. I will put a darker edge between the lemon and the orange to separate them more. Thanks for the help, Wendy. And Patty, I like the orange best – although the leaf needs to be shinier – I’m going to work on that, too. Thanks for your nice words.
15 March 2017
LH, I especially like the lime slice in this drawing. 🙂 For shininess on a leaf, I recommend 2 things: 1. Build yourself a VERY dark green color (practice mixing and combinations first to get the right color) and add that color to your leaf, especially on the shadow side. 2. To really make your highlights shine, they must be placed intentionally and left bright white; a more abrupt transition from dark to light will create the illusion of “shiny.” Look carefully at your leaf under the proper single light source and investigate the placement of the highlights. (It is similar to the technique used in the “Creating Shine on Citrus Fruit” video in Lesson 4, as well as the technique used to create a water drop in Lesson 13. Great work! Keep it up!
I’m not sure what caused me to do a citrus trio, since I’ve not done much with colored pencils. Here’s a lime slice, a small Satsuma orange with a shiny leaf (needs to be shinier – so help!), and a small organic lemon with lots of green. I didn’t put a cast shadow on the leaf, since it’s off the plane of the table, and used very light cast shadows elsewhere. What else does it need?
This is coming out very nicely. I like the soft quality of your drawing. I would recommend trying getting a really dark edge every now and then. I would put one between the lemon and the orange to make the two fruits separate a bit more.
Orange with leaf especially nice in color and texture.
Thanks to both of you. I will put a darker edge between the lemon and the orange to separate them more. Thanks for the help, Wendy. And Patty, I like the orange best – although the leaf needs to be shinier – I’m going to work on that, too. Thanks for your nice words.
LH, I especially like the lime slice in this drawing. 🙂 For shininess on a leaf, I recommend 2 things: 1. Build yourself a VERY dark green color (practice mixing and combinations first to get the right color) and add that color to your leaf, especially on the shadow side. 2. To really make your highlights shine, they must be placed intentionally and left bright white; a more abrupt transition from dark to light will create the illusion of “shiny.” Look carefully at your leaf under the proper single light source and investigate the placement of the highlights. (It is similar to the technique used in the “Creating Shine on Citrus Fruit” video in Lesson 4, as well as the technique used to create a water drop in Lesson 13. Great work! Keep it up!