Fantastic Mary! The colors are details are so good. I would suggest darkening the toning on the right side edge. It looks lighter than the left side edge and it should be darker because it is further away from the light source.
@doug-milne Thanks for the feedback Doug. My eye was telling me that the more shadow I added, the less white it appears. Since I do not see a shadow on the stick, I feel like I am losing the essence of the white. I will go back and rework this as you suggested. I so appreciate your help!
@doug-milne I had a real tough time with the inside of the stick. I am trying to make the inner part show a stick within a stick and don’t quite know how to do that. There are some really interesting deep and dark holes that look like they were burnt into the wood. Any thoughts?
18 February 2021
If this is a white (birch?) branch, you’ll still want some nice darks in the shadow side, but you can show us the whiteness of it in the “midtone/local color” areas; you can also use your gray pencil to build most of your shadow side, and then just add a little Dark Sepia at the end to really push it all the way back. Re: the inside of the stick, it’s all about delicate placement of lights and darks. When you want to emphasize a dark area, try putting something really light right next to it. That’s how you can create of those deep dark places. You can also try using your Verithin black pencil to create small details, like the shreddy insides of a stick. Hope that helps! 🙂
Fantastic Mary! The colors are details are so good. I would suggest darkening the toning on the right side edge. It looks lighter than the left side edge and it should be darker because it is further away from the light source.
@doug-milne Thanks for the feedback Doug. My eye was telling me that the more shadow I added, the less white it appears. Since I do not see a shadow on the stick, I feel like I am losing the essence of the white. I will go back and rework this as you suggested. I so appreciate your help!
@doug-milne I had a real tough time with the inside of the stick. I am trying to make the inner part show a stick within a stick and don’t quite know how to do that. There are some really interesting deep and dark holes that look like they were burnt into the wood. Any thoughts?
If this is a white (birch?) branch, you’ll still want some nice darks in the shadow side, but you can show us the whiteness of it in the “midtone/local color” areas; you can also use your gray pencil to build most of your shadow side, and then just add a little Dark Sepia at the end to really push it all the way back. Re: the inside of the stick, it’s all about delicate placement of lights and darks. When you want to emphasize a dark area, try putting something really light right next to it. That’s how you can create of those deep dark places. You can also try using your Verithin black pencil to create small details, like the shreddy insides of a stick. Hope that helps! 🙂