Hi Pat, This is such a stately drawing! Nice use of color. I like the red brown center moving to the yellowish brown of the feathery ends. A challenging subject and handled well!
25 June 2021
Pat, this is a stunning portrait. Two things to consider: 1. Look closely at the place where all these flowers/seeds radiate out of. Currently, the stem abruptly changes from a thin cylinder into those small stems… I don’t know this subject well, but something tells me there’s more going on at that transition point… maybe a round form that the stems radiate out of? I’m not sure, but I would look at the specimen and magnify that area just to see what might be going on there. 2. There is something so beautiful about those little flower/seed heads that create that ethereal sphere around the outside of this form. I wonder if you could emphasize the overlaps of the ones that are foreshortened and coming toward us– perhaps they are bright white against the stems that they overlap? Or perhaps some of the stem lines are “broken” where some of the flowers cross in front, or some of the stem lines are darker in places where they pass behind a flower? Not sure, but I think that will help the whole cluster feel more full and three-dimensional. (I’m loving how much detail and interest there is in this one seed head!!! It’s incredible.)
I reworked this piece after seeing this years color variation on the alium seed head. I think it’s photographic! What say you?
It’s beautiful! I love dandelions!
Hi Pat, This is such a stately drawing! Nice use of color. I like the red brown center moving to the yellowish brown of the feathery ends. A challenging subject and handled well!
Pat, this is a stunning portrait. Two things to consider: 1. Look closely at the place where all these flowers/seeds radiate out of. Currently, the stem abruptly changes from a thin cylinder into those small stems… I don’t know this subject well, but something tells me there’s more going on at that transition point… maybe a round form that the stems radiate out of? I’m not sure, but I would look at the specimen and magnify that area just to see what might be going on there. 2. There is something so beautiful about those little flower/seed heads that create that ethereal sphere around the outside of this form. I wonder if you could emphasize the overlaps of the ones that are foreshortened and coming toward us– perhaps they are bright white against the stems that they overlap? Or perhaps some of the stem lines are “broken” where some of the flowers cross in front, or some of the stem lines are darker in places where they pass behind a flower? Not sure, but I think that will help the whole cluster feel more full and three-dimensional. (I’m loving how much detail and interest there is in this one seed head!!! It’s incredible.)