The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board
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Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoI wish I was qualified to offer up suggestions, but I’m not. I really love what you’ve done though!
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThis has been taking me forever. I feel like I’m getting close to finishing it. Any advice would be appreciated. -
Carol Burke commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThat little huddle of blueberries in the rt corner make this composition sooo interesting 😀 really nice work!!
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i AGREE WITH CAROL. I THINK THAT MAKES SUCH A NICE IMPACT ON THE OVERALL COMPOSITION!
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Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThanks so much, Vern! I love getting advice from you, Wendy and other students! -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThanks Dee! I’ve been having fun with it. -
Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThanks for all your encouragement!
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Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoOh goodness, this is gorgeous! I love the softness of your work and the composition with your detail of blueberries look fabulous!
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoIf I were a bee I’d head right on down that deep dark throat! And you did a great job feathering those center edges into the petals. Love -
Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThank you so much! I appreciate your advice and reworked the leaf edges in the front, too. Hope you’re having a great week of drawing! 🙂
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoWow!! Looking GOOD!! -
Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoI just saw your comment, Vern and will go back and add more dark tones. The nut wasn’t totally round but was interestingly miss-shapen and had more texture than I was able to show. You answered a big question for me about burnishing with Verithins. I have been doing that in almost all my drawings and have been feeling disappointed and blah…[Read more]
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Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoYay about the lettering, Vern! It wasn’t as bad as I expected! 🙂 I’ll work on the suggestions of yours and Pgthompson’s and repost later today.
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Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThank you! -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoThanks Vern! -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoand i love the lettering!
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Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoI really appreciate your comments and suggestions! I took your earlier suggestion about burnishing the seed pod and leaf and I think it looks much better! I think it helps for someone else to look with fresh eyes and I take every suggestion to heart. It’s something I appreciate with this site versus a facebook group that is supportive but… -
Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoOh, and the stem doesn’t seem to carry through. It seems like it should go through that negative space in that bottom leaf. (hope you are okay with me making these comments. I’m clearly a beginner too. But i think that someone else’s eye can help so much. and i know i would like more criticism of my own drawings, so I I’m practicing the golden rule 🙂 ).
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoI think that the leaf in the top left corner, and the bud on top have nice realistic margins like Wendy was talking about in the webinar. And overall, I think that the margins of the whole drawing are improving. Very nice! One thing that stands out to me is the dark reddish center. I wonder whether those edges are really so sharp in life? Do those…[Read more]
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Dee Tracy commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months agoI love that expression “gongo”! I’ve never heard it before.
I burnish with polychromos ivory, add more color but then have been burnishing the 2nd time with prismacolor verithins. Maybe that’s a mistake and I should try burnishing only with ivory. I’ll give it a try on this drawing and see what happens. Thanks for your kind words and advice!-
lol.
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Pgthompson commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 8 years, 2 months ago(Gongo=go) - Load More