Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants
11:22 PM, Monday June 26th 2023
Here is my Lesson 3 homework. Please let me know if anything is missing or you need a rescan.
Hello! Props for completing Lesson 3 and getting this far. A few points:
Organic arrows
Very nice flow and mostly smooth lines, but the way you add line weight to some of your lines is a bit off. It looks rough and careful when it should be confident and drawn from the shoulder, just like any other line. Sometimes you'll put the shadows in the wrong side, but it's rare.
Leaves
Again good flow that highlights the organic feel of each leaf. Though your textures here (and occasionally in the plant constructions) are more in the form of lines rather than shapes, like described in Lesson 2 - I'd avoid that.
Branches
Only issue is you avoided giving your ellipses varying degrees to describe how they turn in 3D space like Uncomfortable recommended. But otherwise you're good. Eventually with practice your branches will feel more homogeneous and consistent.
Plant construction
Just a few points:
Your spheres for the orange and apples are askew, deformed. I think you could use some practice drawing circles.
It sometimes looks like you're avoiding wrapping your leaves over themselves, even when it looks like they should. I don't know your reference though so I could be off the mark.
Same observations as before concerning line weight and texture.
Other than that, I'd say you did a good job, and that you're reading for next lesson. Get ready to draw some bugs! Good luck!
Next Steps:
Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids
Thanks for the heads up, and yeah, spheres are pretty tricky for me. I'll do some more practice before moving on.
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