Maureen, really nice darks and highlights here. Again, I think that drawing on the bottom right could use some more finesse in the petal edges; they probably wouldn’t be as smooth and rounded as they appear here. I think if this was a round form, your highlight and toning would be spot-on. But because it is a flower, try showing us more about how that petal grows (does it have veining? Color variation? Creases or folds?), so that we understand it more as a papery, thin petal, rather than a round form. But keep that “round form” toning in mind when you look at the entire flower to show us the overall shape. Does that make sense? You’re doing awesome work.
Maureen, really nice darks and highlights here. Again, I think that drawing on the bottom right could use some more finesse in the petal edges; they probably wouldn’t be as smooth and rounded as they appear here. I think if this was a round form, your highlight and toning would be spot-on. But because it is a flower, try showing us more about how that petal grows (does it have veining? Color variation? Creases or folds?), so that we understand it more as a papery, thin petal, rather than a round form. But keep that “round form” toning in mind when you look at the entire flower to show us the overall shape. Does that make sense? You’re doing awesome work.
pretty! I really like the way you show the leaf curling in that center leaf of the rose on the left.