Hi Beckerito, Again, thanks for the feedback! The picture I chosen doesn't really show the close up for the texture, so I mainly focus on the drop shadow and overall shape. If I need to do anymore revision, please do let me. Thanks again for checking!
Okay, taking a look at your new work you're doing a much better job respecting the solidity of the forms that you are drawing without leaving any gaps, and your work is coming along well.
The only thing I want to add here is that you should have a consistent light source, don’t get in the mindset that you have to copy what you see in the reference photo. You can set up a light source and then decide where the cast shadows are going to fall and it also lets you design the shadow shape before filling it in which is an important step too.
Another thing I forgot to mention the last time is lineweight, given the limitations in the tool we are using here, lineweight should only be used to clarify how differents forms overlap, keep in mind that if you end up adding a lot of lineweight you will take the solidity of your forms away and turn them into mere graphic shapes this is not an issues with this plants as their leaves and petals are already flat.
Here’s the relevant diagram
Although I’ll admit that I am more concerned with the construction part of these drawings, the texture and cast shadows have always been kind of a secondary aim and there is no harm in leaving it out completely for the moment if you want to.
Anyways I’ll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete, you can move on to the next lesson.
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Ah, thanks for your feedback. I'll make sure to use the line weight sparingly, I thought I add them to make it easier for me to know which part was at the front. But yeah, once I looked at it applying too much line weight do flatten the shape down. Thanks for pointing me out to that diagram again.
I also would keep in mind the lightsource on my next drawing. Thank you for pointing it out, I might just praice drawing with lightsource when I'm doing some sort of free drawing to get my hand used to it. Again, thank you!
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.
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