I was already in too deep to make the recommended corrections to the drawings. However the advice is duly noted. I definitely see how overlapping subjects is more pleasing to the eye. I didn’t use water colour on the pear on the right (again because I had already started adding colour pencil) but I did on the other one. I think that technique allowed me to produce a brighter pear. Using water colour is a little intimidating but I did it and will continue to as I see the benefits. I didn’t do any cast shadows. Not yet anyways as I was treating this more of a study since I botched the composition too badly but I might proceed with doing some cut pairs on the right to play around with that. P.S. The pear on the right looks like a fist! LOL!
Hi Patricia- I don’t know if I would have thought of a fist, but now that you mention it. The pear on the left looks great and it definitely has a brightness to it! I understand the hesitation with doing watercolor, but the nice thing with the technique we use is that you go on to finesse the image with color pencil (if you want to). As with everything the watercolor is not so intimidating the more you do it! Your depiction of the end of the pear facing the pear on the right is so well done! Just gorgeous! However, it does need more toning to that end as you see in the photograph to convey the shadows caused by being further away from the light source. The pear on the right is also well done, but as we agree, it does not have the same brightness. Bravo to you that you understand this is a journey and you are learning from both the successes and the mishaps. It is obvious that you are a very talented artist! I look forward to seeing more of your work!
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I was already in too deep to make the recommended corrections to the drawings. However the advice is duly noted. I definitely see how overlapping subjects is more pleasing to the eye. I didn’t use water colour on the pear on the right (again because I had already started adding colour pencil) but I did on the other one. I think that technique allowed me to produce a brighter pear. Using water colour is a little intimidating but I did it and will continue to as I see the benefits. I didn’t do any cast shadows. Not yet anyways as I was treating this more of a study since I botched the composition too badly but I might proceed with doing some cut pairs on the right to play around with that. P.S. The pear on the right looks like a fist! LOL!
Hi Patricia- I don’t know if I would have thought of a fist, but now that you mention it. The pear on the left looks great and it definitely has a brightness to it! I understand the hesitation with doing watercolor, but the nice thing with the technique we use is that you go on to finesse the image with color pencil (if you want to). As with everything the watercolor is not so intimidating the more you do it! Your depiction of the end of the pear facing the pear on the right is so well done! Just gorgeous! However, it does need more toning to that end as you see in the photograph to convey the shadows caused by being further away from the light source. The pear on the right is also well done, but as we agree, it does not have the same brightness. Bravo to you that you understand this is a journey and you are learning from both the successes and the mishaps. It is obvious that you are a very talented artist! I look forward to seeing more of your work!
Now that you said fist I can’t unsee it, lol.
pear power!
Lol