Botanical Basics Discussion Board
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Liz Oertel commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months ago:-)! -
Liz Oertel commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThanks sj! -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoSorry, the lighting is terrible, I’ll try to get a better photo in the morning in the sunlight.
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoI worked on trying to make the branch more cylindrical. I’m starting to like this drawing, so any advice about how to improve it would be great. Thanks! -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThanks Vern. That helps. I’ll give it a try.
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThanks! Ill continue with this one instead of starting over if you think it’s on the right track I’ll work on the branch some more. -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThis is another try from a different perspective. I’m just not getting it. I’m going to stop until I get advice so I don’t make it worse, and I’ll practice the lessons some more instead. -
sjcoulibaly commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThank you. I can see where I could have toned some more. Also, the texture of the branch did not have a shiny highlight. The texture was actually rough. Should I have toned down the branch in the highlighted areas? Maybe taken the tone up to a #4? -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoIt posted sideways, so the vertical cylinder I referred to above is now horizontal. -
Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThis branch is excellent. The knots are very good. You can still tone a bit more to avoid an outline on the right side. -
Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agothese look great. Love the green for St. Patricks Day! -
Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThis looks good. Highlights can still be a bit less stripy by occasionally toning a bit into the lightest area -
sjcoulibaly commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoVibrant, smooth color and tone. Nice. -
sjcoulibaly commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoThank you for the feedback. -
Mariposa commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 8 months agoPretty! 🙂
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 9 months agoThis is a good composition! . Your flower drawings could improve with careful study of each petal and now they radiate out of the center. You have a good start here, that is something to work on in the future!!!
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 9 months agothis is great, very gradual toning. Highlights are tricky. I like to make them a bit irregular so they don’t appear a stripe but once you move on to forms in nature you will see how to do that because nature is not perfect but irregular! -
Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 10 months agoHere is a hibiscus drawing of mine to illustrate the petal folds and depth.-
Thanks Wendy, its beautiful!
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I tried to do this with dark sepia but now it looks like its got false dark bits in parts of it, I should have used the pink I think, or very faint lines. Time to give up and move on!
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 10 months agoLight flowers are tricky but believe it or not they still need to be rendered with some darker accents so they don’t appear flat. The trick on light flowers is to use darks sparingly but still use bits here and there on the edges of petals and close to the center of the flower to create the illusion of depth. Hibiscus flowers are great subjects to… -
Danicalea commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 7 years, 10 months agoOh and I didn’t get time to do the colouring before the flower shriveled up to nothing! I found it on a walk somewhere so unfortunately did not have access to another. - Load More
