Hi Patty, you are doing great here. Please keep in mind that leaves are difficult and a life long pursuit in getting them just so. It is a very subtle dance with veining. Keep in mind the leaf characteristic check list to try and evaluate your own drawings as time goes on. I will post the list here.
Remember to have secondary veins less prominent than the primary veins. Your top left leaf veins could be smaller. Keep veining irregular and subtle when in doubt. I don’t think you are getting too dark, I think you are doing great. I would suggest squinting at your top right leaf and notice that perhaps the right side of the leaf needs a tiny bit of dark, to be in proper balance with the left side.
14 January 2017
@pjcoulter3 Patty, this is looking really good. Love the variety of leaf subjects here. My favorite is the leek. You are creating excellent structure and profile with these net-vein leaves; my comment is the same as Wendy’s: work on the veins a bit more so that they are subtler. Close in on them just a bit more with your sharp pencil–until they *almost* disappear. Great work tackling leaves. They are truly a life-long pursuit! All of them are so different and certainly difficult.
Hi Patty, you are doing great here. Please keep in mind that leaves are difficult and a life long pursuit in getting them just so. It is a very subtle dance with veining. Keep in mind the leaf characteristic check list to try and evaluate your own drawings as time goes on. I will post the list here.
Remember to have secondary veins less prominent than the primary veins. Your top left leaf veins could be smaller. Keep veining irregular and subtle when in doubt. I don’t think you are getting too dark, I think you are doing great. I would suggest squinting at your top right leaf and notice that perhaps the right side of the leaf needs a tiny bit of dark, to be in proper balance with the left side.
@pjcoulter3 Patty, this is looking really good. Love the variety of leaf subjects here. My favorite is the leek. You are creating excellent structure and profile with these net-vein leaves; my comment is the same as Wendy’s: work on the veins a bit more so that they are subtler. Close in on them just a bit more with your sharp pencil–until they *almost* disappear. Great work tackling leaves. They are truly a life-long pursuit! All of them are so different and certainly difficult.