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Danicalea commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoThanks very much Vernin for all your helpful comments. I am back doing my PhD time so unfortunately not a lto of time! I am going to have to hold the course for a while in a couple of days. I will try and get my hibiscus flower pattern done and posted before then! I also just had the botanical drawing book delivered so I hope to still get some… -
webbsara commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoThank you! I’ll try that!
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoGood start here but now get some more tones between your darkest and then the mid tones, and even close in on the highlight more making it smaller!
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoYou are doing great. Glad you are enjoying the lessons. Try to get a more gradual toning from your shadow tones to your mid tones and then your light tones. It will get easier when you do a wider branch or other form!
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lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoI was trying complimentary colors. The green here uses the purple for the shading. Although red is the compliment, I was thinking that the red/blue in a purple plays to the blue/yellow in the green. Yellow is going to be the hard one to darken.
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoyes it is relaxing, and now you can try some color blends where you add in an additional color to get darker shadows. The shadow color can vary depending on the hue of the color. Dark sepia is one option but might be too strong on lighter colors. What darker colors would you use for these blends do you think?
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Danicalea commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoThis feather is from a parrot, they are wild here. -
Danicalea commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoIts a red flowering gum. I just posted my finished one in colour and hopefully the blending looks better now on the leaves. -
lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoNice changes in value! These are some of my favorite exercise, slowly working up the value.
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lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoNicely done! Looks like you are getting in a lot of practice.
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lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 6 months agoLove working on color swatches. It is very methodical and relaxing.
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Danicalea commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoLovely!
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Danicalea commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoI also tried to use the feathering technique on these leaves as hey have a similar pattern
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Danicalea commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoI thought the shading was too dark on the leaf on the right (after I had taken the photo and could now see it), so I have softened those dark edges. -
lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoThis was so challenging but I am glad I took the time. I learned so much about the structure of the petal.
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoFeathers looking great! Sometimes really sharpen your pencils and add a subtle edging to create a bit of very thin feathery edges in an irregular way
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lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoThanks! I love the piece of flaky peel. The highlights and folds make all the difference.
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoI’m in love with your garlic. The skin looks incredibly real -
lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoI did ever so slightly darken the garlic/shallot. It gave it more form. I also made the apple rounder. Although I saw and measured my lopsided apple fairly accurately, I wanted to see if altering the shape made it look more aesthetically pleasing.
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lldaley commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 8 years, 7 months agoThanks for the feedback. My iPad lense was clouded so pictures were not very good. I did make some corrections and reposted.
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