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Sarah G commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 2 months agoThank you, Wendy. I’m really enjoying these exercises. Effortlessly fun, and yet you make progress. Art yoga 🙂 -
Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 3 months agoHi Sarah, You did a great job on this! I see the whole image and it looks excellent. Glad you like this exercise. Keep drawing other feathers and you will improve each time plus it is so much fun!
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Sarah G commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 3 months agoHmmm. Well, that’s not the whole image, but perhaps Wendy and Vern are seeing the whole thing? Top and bottom are cut off on my view. -
Marguerite M commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 3 months agoThank you, Wendy! Cherry tomatoes and limes are up next… -
Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 3 months agoHI Marguerite, This looks great. Nice exploration of yellows!
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Marguerite M commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 3 months agoThank you — great support from you, Elaine & Sheryl at our last group meeting! -
Liz W. commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 3 months agoThis look sgreat Marguerite! It’s nice to see the progression to to the lemon. -
Liz W. commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 4 months agoThis is great Marguerite – so precise. -
Marguerite M commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 4 months agoSorry, still trying to sort out the new web site! I thought I had posted one comment with four photos, but I see this ended up being four separate photo-postings with my comment buried away somewhere else…
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Marguerite M commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 4 months agoThis makes sense! Thank you, and there seem to be some excellent darks in your set of 22 CdA pencils to experiment with!
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 4 months agoHi Marguerite, I was about to suggest you do some bending bars of hue and value combined and then I saw this image! Great job!!!! -
Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 4 months agoHI Marguerite, this is a good exercise. Thanks for taking the time to do this. In answer to your question is there a value 9 for yellow, the answer is no! Each hue can be seen as a value, even white for example. So if your hue is not dark enough, and no pure hue will go to value 9, you need to add something to get your darks and shadows. Even a… -
Liz W. commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoLiz I think this is good – I would work on the highlight on the top of the shape. It probably wouldn’t be defined. -
Nancy W commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoIs the highlight to straight and stark?
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Nancy W commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoI’m having trouble with adding color. I started with dark red to make the shaded areas, then added other reds and orange but ended up with a muddy mess. Should I have started with a brighter red, then added darker red for the darker areas? (I do kind of like my stem at least.)
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LH commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoThanks, Wendy – are the reflected light areas too stark? And, I really spent time doing these – slowly, as you suggest, and got a lot of enjoyment out of this exercise.
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoGreat job here!
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoNice to see three different round forms. Yellow can be tricky, getting dark enough , but not too dark. Perhaps a bit more transition from the shadow area to the light area. On the green form and light touch of highlight would help it sparkle. Your lay down of tone is nice and delicate
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoHi Karye, this looks so good! -
LH commented on a
Photo in the group Botanical Basics Discussion Board 9 years, 5 months agoHi all – I’m practicing layering and toning. I’m wondering if my reflected light region is too bright – please advise
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