Hi Richard, I want to use your leaf as a great example of how to make sure that the margins and center veins “follow through”, and how to make sure that the tangent line where a fold happens is straight and not curved. This is something that a lot of people struggle with, and you did such a nice job. If you follow the yellow line that I drew on your drawing, you can see how you can easily follow that line all the way from the base of the leaf to the apex. This line is usually easiest, because you can see the whole thing. More difficult is the margin that’s furthest from the viewer, because there is part of it that you can’t see because of the fold. I’m showing this line in blue. You did a great job!!! You can follow that line from the base, to the apex, even though you can’t see the margin when it’s behind the fold. Wonderful. Same with the midvein, you can follow that line from the base to the apex (shown in pink), even though you can’t see that vein when it is behind the fold. Very very nice. And you drew that fold nice and straight (tangent line shown in black). People often make this fold too curved because our brains want it to be curved. Way to go! Keep practicing leaves, and pay attention to the shape and direction of the midveins and secondary veins. You are really off to a great start,
Hi Richard, I want to use your leaf as a great example of how to make sure that the margins and center veins “follow through”, and how to make sure that the tangent line where a fold happens is straight and not curved. This is something that a lot of people struggle with, and you did such a nice job. If you follow the yellow line that I drew on your drawing, you can see how you can easily follow that line all the way from the base of the leaf to the apex. This line is usually easiest, because you can see the whole thing. More difficult is the margin that’s furthest from the viewer, because there is part of it that you can’t see because of the fold. I’m showing this line in blue. You did a great job!!! You can follow that line from the base, to the apex, even though you can’t see the margin when it’s behind the fold. Wonderful. Same with the midvein, you can follow that line from the base to the apex (shown in pink), even though you can’t see that vein when it is behind the fold. Very very nice. And you drew that fold nice and straight (tangent line shown in black). People often make this fold too curved because our brains want it to be curved. Way to go! Keep practicing leaves, and pay attention to the shape and direction of the midveins and secondary veins. You are really off to a great start,