The leaves and branches look nice to me, but the arrows and flowers all feel flat.
The arrows are supposed to increase in width as they get closer to the viewer, but yours are generally consistent width.
I like the rose, but the daisy and the sunflower are both looking at the viewer - maybe try putting the flower head at more of an angle? For both of them, the pedals at the top (which should be further from the viewer and so smaller) are larger than the pedals at the bottom, which breaks the illusion.
I think the plants have a similar problem - the leaves are mostly the same size, and mostly facing the same angle.
Hi RAINBOWSAREGODSPROMISE!
Here's the critique....
Lines: They are very scratchy and not confident. Ghost and draw confidently. You also used a bigger pen on one of the plants. You can draw with a 0.5 fineliner, fineliner, then pens, and ther materials (in order of acceptance.
Texture: Don't hatch and your leaves looked like they had too much texture so try to not always use texture. Your texture looked like patterns so re-read lesson 2 texture article and really understand.
Leaves/petals/arrows: Your leaves (I'll call the petals and arrows leaved because they are so similar) look flat. Remeber to factor in gravity and a leaf's "2D-ness." Try to look at a leaf irl or find videos of leaves floating around and specifically find video or look irl at the way leaves act on plants. Try to observe and understand the flow and the way leaves act. One tip: your leaves need to bend over itself ALOT more. For their flow, your leaves dont always follow the flow very well because they dont bend often but try to not always try to make the outline of the leaf not follow the flow because occasionally it does. Your petals are super flat because of the reasons stated here exemplified. The lineweight of your arrows are way to exaggerated and occasionally on a weird side. Dial back your lineweight and blend it into the surrounding areas of lines.
Cylinders: Read the page on the 250 cylinder challenge and try to apply that. If you have any questions ask away!
Next Steps:
Your drawings seem pretty flat so I'd say redo 2-3 plant drawings and try to apply what I've recommended to do.
I redid two plant drawings and would like your feedback on them. let me know what you think, please.
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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