I think its great, but if you now find you can do better, update it! I find if I look through my camera screen, or at a photo of my drawing or painting, I can see where I need to add or darken better than with my ‘naked eye’. That might help. :o)
Hi Rosalie, I think this looks very good. You oculd work a bit more on it if you like to saturate and blend colors and get a more vibrant look. BUt this is a good start. I would just eliminate the empty space between the apple and the shadow. I would darken the shadow edge to keep contrast between the apple and the shadow
Thanks for the tips, Wendy. I’ll work on it some more if the paper will take it – your advice about the shadow is very helpful – I should have left it lighter at the edge of the apple to get that reflected edge instead of putting it between the apple and the shadow. Thanks!
My first attempt at an apple – I can see that I haven’t put in all the values, and the shaded side of the apple isn’t really dark enough.
This is wonderful for a first attempt. The color and the highlights are very realistic.
Thanks for the encouragement, Nancy!
I think its great, but if you now find you can do better, update it! I find if I look through my camera screen, or at a photo of my drawing or painting, I can see where I need to add or darken better than with my ‘naked eye’. That might help. :o)
Yes I will! Thanks for the tip. It’s very true about photographs – the values, or lack of them, are more pronounced. That’s my job for tomorrow:)
Hi Rosalie, I think this looks very good. You oculd work a bit more on it if you like to saturate and blend colors and get a more vibrant look. BUt this is a good start. I would just eliminate the empty space between the apple and the shadow. I would darken the shadow edge to keep contrast between the apple and the shadow
Thanks for the tips, Wendy. I’ll work on it some more if the paper will take it – your advice about the shadow is very helpful – I should have left it lighter at the edge of the apple to get that reflected edge instead of putting it between the apple and the shadow. Thanks!
I do the same thing – often things pop out in a photo
Nice range of colors