Beautiful subtle drawing. It has the coloring of an old master. The left side is particularly beautiful. I’d put a bit more work on the right side. It seems to flatten out. A bit more tone on the bottom would help. Try to round it more.
Thank you for comments, Katy. I know what you mean about right side. I have worked and worked on it and just been unable to make it happen. I think I had more tone on bottom which I erased, but I will try it again, maybe with a different color.
04 December 2020
Linda, I agree, the color in this drawing is really beautiful. And I really like the way you treated the highlights on the left side. I think Katy’s suggestion of adding some more toning is good; remember that the squash has a cylindrical shape; to show us that, you can shade the bottom right edge a little more to show the roundness in that direction. I also think that something about the perspective may be a little off, and that could be contributing to the “flattening” of the right side. Remember when you’re doing your initial drawing to take all your measurements from one perspective. If you move your head or your body while you’re measuring, sometimes you end up drawing 2 different perspectives by accident. Great work!!!
Thank you for comments–you are absolutely right about the perspective being off. I measured to a fair-thee-well, but perhaps I wasn’t careful enough about my movement. I did some toning on the lower edge and it is better but still not what I would like. I have eaten my model now but will try another this winter and see if I can’t get it right.
Beautiful subtle drawing. It has the coloring of an old master. The left side is particularly beautiful. I’d put a bit more work on the right side. It seems to flatten out. A bit more tone on the bottom would help. Try to round it more.
Thank you for comments, Katy. I know what you mean about right side. I have worked and worked on it and just been unable to make it happen. I think I had more tone on bottom which I erased, but I will try it again, maybe with a different color.
Linda, I agree, the color in this drawing is really beautiful. And I really like the way you treated the highlights on the left side. I think Katy’s suggestion of adding some more toning is good; remember that the squash has a cylindrical shape; to show us that, you can shade the bottom right edge a little more to show the roundness in that direction. I also think that something about the perspective may be a little off, and that could be contributing to the “flattening” of the right side. Remember when you’re doing your initial drawing to take all your measurements from one perspective. If you move your head or your body while you’re measuring, sometimes you end up drawing 2 different perspectives by accident. Great work!!!
Thank you for comments–you are absolutely right about the perspective being off. I measured to a fair-thee-well, but perhaps I wasn’t careful enough about my movement. I did some toning on the lower edge and it is better but still not what I would like. I have eaten my model now but will try another this winter and see if I can’t get it right.