The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board
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Pam commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoThanks Wendy. I’m liking that one too.
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Wendy Hollender commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoI like this idea so far best. I like how you are adding as the plant grows, just keep going and yes wait to add roots at the end. Is this one orchid blooming or are there more than one flower? Can you send some photos too?
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It is one plant. Right now it is still in bud, and I’m just guessing what it might look like once it starts opening to figure out the composition. Here’s a photo of the orchid
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photobobbie commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoWow, that is nice looking.
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Carol Burke commented on a Photo in the group
The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoHey Pam! I am very interested in what Vern or Wendy will say. My understanding is that a botanical drawing gives as much information as possible. With that in mind, I would say keep drawing, roots, blooms, buds…But, I understand your quandary too. Sometimes I love the plainness, the essence of a plant. So where do we start and stop here??? Is… -
Carol Burke commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoNow that’s a very interesting twig! And you did a great job of drawing it! Like how the shadow sets it down on a surface.
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Pam commented on a Photo in the group
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Pam commented on a Photo in the group
The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoOr should I just crop this as is, and draw a separate drawing once it blooms? -
photobobbie commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agothank you. These are twigs from a winged elm tree.
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Pam commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoWelcome to the group! I really like how your highlight looks like it follows the texture of your twig. That’s hard to do!
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Pam commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoCool composition! Is this a winged twig? Or is it kind up split in half?
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Carolyn S commented on a Photo in the group
The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoThank you for your thoughts Vern!
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Marijke Baart commented on a Photo in the group
The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoVern, I know that the highlights could be better. I will work on that. Thank you -
Marijke Baart commented on a Photo in the group
The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoVern, thank you for taking the time to make some comments on my drawing. You are right that a real daffodil is beter, but there are no at this time. So I practice now the technique and later I will draw a real daffodil.
For the shadow I used Light Yellow Ochre and Burnt Ochre. -
Marijke Baart commented on a Photo in the group
The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoThank you for your comments. I will work on that. -
sheila y. commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoThis is beautiful, the stripes, the leaf patterns, everything!
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Thanks, Sheila. I actually started over. The stem was wonky and driving me crazy. But now I think my second attempt may end up worse. We’ll see
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Pam commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoRobin, this is gorgeous! How did you render those little tiny hairs on the stem? I’ve been trying to use an embossing tool for hairs on a similar stem, but even with my smallest tool, the hairs look too big, and aren’t convincing. Yours are perfect!!
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Carol Burke commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoLove your nice clear sunshine’y yellows 🍋🍋
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EvThomas commented on a Photo in the group
The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoThank you Vern, I will work a bit more on this and try and fade the shadow out. -
EvThomas commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoThank you Vern, yes a good idea I will work on fading the shadow out.
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sheila y. commented on a
Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board 7 years, 5 months agoJFK!
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