Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

12:44 PM, Sunday January 17th 2021

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First of all I actually drew page #2 first (mislabeled). The reason why the dates seem to be in odd order is because I thought I had to draw 1 plant a page and at #7 I started to mind that fact, so that means that it goes 1.a, 2.a -> 8.a and then the dates go as expected.

A plenty of those plants I've posted in discord with small commentary

Below you can see a list of dates when I have done each plant and also a reference image associated with it.

1

a) 06.12 https://i.imgur.com/kb4wOA4_d.webp?maxwidth=2000&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

b) 22.12 https://i.imgur.com/hug8CsX_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

c) 22.12

2

a) 28.11 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/368871209926131712/784415550675746846/IMG_20201128_182524.jpg?width=418&height=441

3

a) 8.12 https://i.imgur.com/WKt3mMk_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

b) 24.12

c) 24.12 https://i.imgur.com/cs443b3_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

4

a) 10.12 https://i.imgur.com/FH9Yn6d_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

b) 27.12

c) 27.12

5

a) 12.12 https://i.imgur.com/8yAgiuf_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium1

b) 06.01 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1533066636271-fdbe3e84ad80?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%3D&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1234&q=80

c) 10.01 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1550785249-94c26e513df8?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%3D&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1234&q=80

6

a) 16.12 https://i.imgur.com/2CcYfsz_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

b) 12.01 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1565855991856-f4929d086bfd?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%3D&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1350&q=80

c) 15.01 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1601876818840-171b19858a3d?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%3D&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1234&q=80

d) 17.01

7

a) 18.12 https://natalielinda.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aloe-vera-plant-2.jpg

8

a) 29.12 https://i.imgur.com/hug8CsX_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

b) 31.12 https://i.imgur.com/u0JgB1b_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium1

c) 02.01 https://i.imgur.com/FQNc88X_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

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6:31 AM, Monday January 18th 2021

Hi Sillysnek (love the name)! I'm not a TA, but I'm going to try my best to give some feedback.

I'll start with your organic arrows - really well done! Your lines are confident, and I can see you applying the principles of overlap and perspective well. There are 2 arrows where you haven't overlapped the lines (top 3rd and bottom 1st) and I would recommend experimenting with those to see how you can make those seem 3D. All in all, great job.

Moving on to the leaves exercise - great job getting the leaves to flow nicely. Again your lines are confident and your construction work is largely well done. One area I would recommend working on is zigzagging the edge (https://drawabox.com/lesson/3/2/zigzag) - in some of your leaves, you've applied waves as single strokes. It doesn't help the illusion of 3D though, and our goal is to be intentional with each mark we put down. I would say to practice making those waves with individual strokes, making sure to lift your pen with each. Very good work though.

Branches - great job setting down smooth, confident spines for your branches. You've drawn through your ellipses and extended the bridging lines atleast halfway past the next ellipse. You're moving in the right direction, keep it up!

Next, plant drawings - largely well done! Most of your leaves and branches construction are solid and you've also done a good job breaking down complex shapes into simpler ones and building on top of them - for ex. 5c and 6a. 6c also I really like a lot, I can see the weight of the object reflected in the drawing. Something I notice though is that some of the work is incomplete - like with 1a, 3b, 4a and aloe vera, you put down contour lines and edges but only for some leaves in the drawing. You should follow through with those for the whole drawing, because otherwise a part of your plant looks 2D and another looks 3D.

Overall, you're going in the right direction with your work, great job and keep it up! Please let me know if you have any questions about the above, and I hope I was helpful.

Next Steps:

I would recommend moving on to lesson 4!

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8:26 AM, Monday January 18th 2021

Really appreciate the critique!

First I'll address seemingly incomplete drawings. I was inspired by the potato demo and I did more detail where I think is the main focal point and leave rest of it less detailed. At some points I left out lines in leaves because it felt really confusing and if I pushed more I wouldn't be able to orient through those lines. Taking another look at it, I shall agree that it does make leaves less 3d.

And a question: Is that zigzagging just in leaves' exercise? I almost always follow no-zig-zag rule but I don't make those bumps too different and stack them rather close.

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