Hi Richard- The colors are so bright and fresh and I really like the composition! As you know from Wendy’s videos and books that she tries to depict her subjects as accurately as possible. Taking time to study each subject and see how the leaves attach to the stem, what are the veins like, how to illustrate the texture in the lemon, etc, etc. All the while considering your highlights and toning so each part has form and relates to each other. As you can see looking at other student’s work on the ArtFeed that you can do that and still have your own style. I am really looking forward to seeing a lemon drawing from you once you have gone through the lessons and compare the two.
Richard, I love these bright bold colors! And you are off to a great start with beginning to show the form on your lemon. I like your nice soft highlight, and the start of some toning where the form turns away from the light. Can you see how that is starting to make it look 3D? Good job! Are you imagining your light source as coming from the upper left? If so, I wonder whether that beautiful highlight may be more toward the left of the lemon than the right. You may want to practice toning a sphere with the light coming from the upper left just to get that light source in your head. You are off to a great start. Can’t wait to see more.
Hi Richard- The colors are so bright and fresh and I really like the composition! As you know from Wendy’s videos and books that she tries to depict her subjects as accurately as possible. Taking time to study each subject and see how the leaves attach to the stem, what are the veins like, how to illustrate the texture in the lemon, etc, etc. All the while considering your highlights and toning so each part has form and relates to each other. As you can see looking at other student’s work on the ArtFeed that you can do that and still have your own style. I am really looking forward to seeing a lemon drawing from you once you have gone through the lessons and compare the two.
Richard, I love these bright bold colors! And you are off to a great start with beginning to show the form on your lemon. I like your nice soft highlight, and the start of some toning where the form turns away from the light. Can you see how that is starting to make it look 3D? Good job! Are you imagining your light source as coming from the upper left? If so, I wonder whether that beautiful highlight may be more toward the left of the lemon than the right. You may want to practice toning a sphere with the light coming from the upper left just to get that light source in your head. You are off to a great start. Can’t wait to see more.