HI Karye, nice crisp edges all around. A couple of comments:
1. shadow on branch on left should be more subtle as you did in the group of branches. However try to still get a range of tones in the shadow starting dark next to branch and then gets lighter and fades in to background
Your group looks good but there is the appearance that the branch on top is balancing and not touching the surface it is sitting on. Is this the way you want it to appear or should one side be touching the surface?
18 January 2017
@pkhood Karye, GREAT JOB darkening and saturating your color!
The top branch has one end resting on the table. I’m darkening up the cast shadow a bit where the branches overlaps using a black verithin pencil. I noticed the verithin pencils seem to snap when sharpened they are kind of brittle. The Faber Castell sharpen up very nicely 🙂
A dark shadow edge where the branch is touching the table is important to show this concept. And yes the verithins can be brittle. All pencils when very sharp can break if not used carefully
HI Karye, nice crisp edges all around. A couple of comments:
1. shadow on branch on left should be more subtle as you did in the group of branches. However try to still get a range of tones in the shadow starting dark next to branch and then gets lighter and fades in to background
Your group looks good but there is the appearance that the branch on top is balancing and not touching the surface it is sitting on. Is this the way you want it to appear or should one side be touching the surface?
@pkhood Karye, GREAT JOB darkening and saturating your color!
The top branch has one end resting on the table. I’m darkening up the cast shadow a bit where the branches overlaps using a black verithin pencil. I noticed the verithin pencils seem to snap when sharpened they are kind of brittle. The Faber Castell sharpen up very nicely 🙂
A dark shadow edge where the branch is touching the table is important to show this concept. And yes the verithins can be brittle. All pencils when very sharp can break if not used carefully