Draw Botanical LLC | Patricia Zuroski | Activity https://drawbotanical.com/members/pzuroski/activity/ Activity feed for Patricia Zuroski. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:51:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.5.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 4c689777394b731cc80848b2cf322d67 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45035/#acomment-45065 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:00:23 -0500 The texture of your acorns is so wonderful. I want to pick them up!

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]]> 4c689777394b731cc80848b2cf322d67 Patricia Zuroski commented on Machi's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45064/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:00:23 -0500 The texture of your acorns is so wonderful. I want to pick them up!

]]> 0 00b90d8d9d6e12bb42adb625c89a7d0f Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45029/#acomment-45063 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:57:09 -0500 Thank you, both, for your comments and help. I always hear Pam saying, “You can go darker!”

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]]> a76d455b87e852cfa197ffae42a3e4aa Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45062/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:57:09 -0500 Thank you, both, for your comments and help. I always hear Pam saying, “You can go darker!”

]]> 0 e04e7a0bf4bd1fc1ae223b1b230861e2 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45029/#acomment-45033 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:12:56 -0500 This gourd reminded me of a crown! Does anyone have thoughts about the shading? I thought I had gone dark, but looking at it now, I wonder if I should go darker and create more contrast between the highlighted front and the back.

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]]> e04e7a0bf4bd1fc1ae223b1b230861e2 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45032/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:12:56 -0500 This gourd reminded me of a crown! Does anyone have thoughts about the shading? I thought I had gone dark, but looking at it now, I wonder if I should go darker and create more contrast between the highlighted front and the back.

]]> 0 05ba0c487bacb343da507d966b092dd0 Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45029/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:08:25 -0500 ]]> 4 c7a2535fb5d4dbea8e33a35d2521f7a4 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44996/#acomment-45028 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:07:13 -0500 Thank you. Doug. Yes, so many leaves calling out for attention!

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]]> c7a2535fb5d4dbea8e33a35d2521f7a4 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/45027/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:07:13 -0500 Thank you. Doug. Yes, so many leaves calling out for attention!

]]> 0 09d940b792d8c3a2b8bb4ee26501cf3c Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44996/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:46:02 -0400 ]]> 2 187efdad644b70e26d12bf2f5eba1479 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44955/#acomment-44984 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:29:06 -0400 Thank you, Doug. I always appreciate your thoughtful and helpful comments. Yes, I do often work at a desk with two lights right over my work because the room doesn’t get enough good light. Shading and cast shadows continue to be a challenge in all of my work. I appreciate you pointing it out.

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]]> f2d8d7e63584519cbb34c87ff16f8fa8 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44983/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:29:06 -0400 Thank you, Doug. I always appreciate your thoughtful and helpful comments. Yes, I do often work at a desk with two lights right over my work because the room doesn’t get enough good light. Shading and cast shadows continue to be a challenge in all of my work. I appreciate you pointing it out.

]]> 0 ee88c288835739b7eabb6b849de6fc33 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44954/#acomment-44959 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:35:03 -0400 These were treasures from a walk last week. The horse chestnut surprised me with a design in the white part. Capturing its shape and color continues to be challenging.

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]]> ee88c288835739b7eabb6b849de6fc33 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44958/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:35:03 -0400 These were treasures from a walk last week. The horse chestnut surprised me with a design in the white part. Capturing its shape and color continues to be challenging.

]]> 0 25e36e7037d44c8d053927f65990e885 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44955/#acomment-44957 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:32:54 -0400 i started this a few days ago and by the time I went to paint the leaves they had changed so much1 I decided to start again and draw two leaves and just keep the rest as background.

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]]> a5117d457857ef45f9ac909fb0252ca5 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44956/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:32:54 -0400 i started this a few days ago and by the time I went to paint the leaves they had changed so much1 I decided to start again and
draw two leaves and just keep the rest as background.

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]]> e277965436901090f1e8a31421e398f0 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44940/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:56:16 -0400 I’m sad to see the flowers going, but fall leaves are so inviting. The one on the right is not yet done. I’m trying to layer the colors slowly to get better shading.

]]> 0 5cc40028a5b67d23e9ec50be550d9c53 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44933/#acomment-44939 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:53:59 -0400 The first day home from my trip I harvested the last of the cherry tomatoes in my garden. They were so sweet and beautiful!

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]]> 5cc40028a5b67d23e9ec50be550d9c53 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44938/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:53:59 -0400 The first day home from my trip I harvested the last of the cherry tomatoes in my garden. They were so sweet and beautiful!

]]> 0 502e3f123c918f22b04888807c72d178 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44934/#acomment-44937 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:52:59 -0400 I have just returned from a drawing retreat with Giacomina Ferrillo. I learned so much and this is the passion fruit I chose for my final project. I had fractured a bone in my dominant hand the week before leaving and so worked very slowly and with a little less control than I’m used to. The drawing is unfinished, but without the actual fruit on…[Read more]

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]]> 9ba6bac163ee897bbfb9455ffd2aa200 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44936/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:52:59 -0400 I have just returned from a drawing retreat with Giacomina Ferrillo. I learned so much and this is the passion fruit I chose for my final project. I had fractured a bone in my dominant hand the week before leaving and so worked very slowly and with a little less control than I’m used to. The drawing is unfinished, but without the actual fruit on…[Read more]

]]> 0 9aabde06c9602a97a5230d3e84e6ebec Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44935/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:48:17 -0400 ]]> 1 0d6e5f9b7c5fdfdab89163e5fe76616b Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44934/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:43:31 -0400 ]]> 1 4962ea1a28d3aab0ac0d746b87898852 Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44933/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:43:01 -0400 ]]> 1 85beb77db3734ecda6a3ea9bce64279f Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44317/#acomment-44319 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:15:01 -0500 This was for fun for my granddaughter. She loves collecting shell fragments on the beach and is just learning to count. I sprinkled the drawing with sand so she could feel it. I find drawing shells is similar to drawing wood; so much texture and the colors and gradations are subtle.

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]]> 85beb77db3734ecda6a3ea9bce64279f Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44318/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:15:01 -0500 This was for fun for my granddaughter. She loves collecting shell fragments on the beach and is just learning to count. I sprinkled the drawing with sand so she could feel it. I find drawing shells is similar to drawing wood; so much texture and the colors and gradations are subtle.

]]> 0 36980e71bf2d54cb659189750b6dab35 Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44317/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:12:17 -0500 ]]> 2 b508bf717e66381ce4db39f22b5f0232 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44290/#acomment-44316 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:09:12 -0500 Thank you, Faye and Doug. I appreciate the encouragement.

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]]> b508bf717e66381ce4db39f22b5f0232 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44315/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:09:12 -0500 Thank you, Faye and Doug. I appreciate the encouragement.

]]> 0 9ae354547be8305fe343f4aed93ebd90 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44290/#acomment-44292 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:02:34 -0500 I am in New Zealand and it’s sunflower season. It’s the leaves that were most compelling behind a beautiful flower.

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]]> 19e4fd4bc2c95cad8824afee4d521c19 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44291/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:02:34 -0500 I am in New Zealand and it’s sunflower season. It’s the leaves that were most compelling behind a beautiful flower.

]]> 0 6e8fa3e8935d8491f60311b94d2921e3 Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/44290/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:13 -0500 ]]> 4 7b84e2f2869a997868a1915f3de7cf87 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43897/#acomment-43935 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:42:41 -0500 Thank you for the feedback, Doug. I’ve been doing more watercolor (without pencil) to get better at mixing colors. This one, I think, is both, pencil and watercolor. Still unsure about how to make the highlights blend in well so that they don’t look like a hole in the leaf! The fall colors have been spectacula.

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]]> c0274fa0c05272a79724a6fee287f4ad Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43934/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:42:41 -0500 Thank you for the feedback, Doug. I’ve been doing more watercolor (without pencil) to get better at mixing colors. This one, I think, is both, pencil and watercolor. Still unsure about how to make the highlights blend in well so that they don’t look like a hole in the leaf! The fall colors have been spectacula.

]]> 0 8cf986c7ba874f8588fe713b9bd6d912 Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43897/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:20:31 -0500 ]]> 3 8d51da382207ce88c77424362da97300 Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43896/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:17:05 -0500 ]]> 1 2acfce9e8325dfba726cdbd939c8f35a Patricia Zuroski added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43895/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:17:01 -0500 ]]> 1 b10288d14b844970f391df5c0dd2f0e7 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43752/#acomment-43758 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:08:17 -0400 All pencil. I was tempted to do a wash behind this, but was afraid to try it. What else could help it to stop feeling like everything is floating in the air?

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]]> b10288d14b844970f391df5c0dd2f0e7 Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43757/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:08:17 -0400 All pencil. I was tempted to do a wash behind this, but was afraid to try it. What else could help it to stop feeling like everything is floating in the air?

]]> 0 d11134c57d6dc55ecf6d8b63fbde88af Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43752/#acomment-43756 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:07:02 -0400 watercolor and pencil

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]]> d11134c57d6dc55ecf6d8b63fbde88af Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43755/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:07:02 -0400 watercolor and pencil

]]> 0 2ef557b00e6e187131dae53f63489313 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43752/#acomment-43754 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:06:47 -0400 I’m learning to water color and tried this drawing with just water color; no pencil. I had wanted the horse chestnut seed pod in the center to be the focus, but couldn’t get the leaf underneath it quite right. Is there some way to use pencil to improve that?

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]]> 36e1e10285fa3182ae88029f454c945b Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43753/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:06:47 -0400 I’m learning to water color and tried this drawing with just water color; no pencil. I had wanted the horse chestnut seed pod in the center to be the focus, but couldn’t get the leaf underneath it quite right. Is there some way to use pencil to improve that?

]]> 0 81071e29db6c428ac427971d95af6a8a Patricia Zuroski added 3 Photos https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43752/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:04:43 -0400 ]]> 3 1969ce7f18b2eeeef1b7695dee134c0a Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43350/#acomment-43434 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:40:54 -0400 Thanks, Sara. I appreciate your feedback.

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]]> 1969ce7f18b2eeeef1b7695dee134c0a Patricia Zuroski commented on Patricia Zuroski's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43433/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:40:54 -0400 Thanks, Sara. I appreciate your feedback.

]]> 0 b742702e7a9ec0977b28cf8560f47941 Patricia Zuroski posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/43376/#acomment-43380 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:14:25 -0400 Pam, Thank you for the webinar yesterday. It was very helpful. I went back and added more shading to the peony. Feeling the roundness much more than before. When I see it in the photo I think I can go even darker. Maybe! Always unsure when to stop. Also tried to bend the stem a little. I appreciate your thoughtful feedback. @pgthompson

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