Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

6:19 PM, Thursday August 26th 2021

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Hello. Here are the plants I drew for lesson 3 together with their reference images. They're all pictures of plants in my house :)

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6:46 PM, Saturday August 28th 2021
edited at 6:48 PM, Aug 28th 2021

The flow of your lines is good and you really try to explore 3D space.

The branches feel pretty organic , and your leaves too.

  1. You could exaggerate the flow of your flowers in the first drawing, so they don't look stiffened, it could also help with your leaves.

  2. You could use less elipses in your branches in the second drawing and also keep working on your confidence.

  3. Your use of the constructional method in the plants with leaves is good.

    I would recommend that you use something with organic forms like mushrooms and keep working on your flow with lines.

edited at 6:48 PM, Aug 28th 2021
1:50 PM, Sunday September 12th 2021

Hello, thanks for your reply!

I've done a mushroom and a cactus like you suggested:

https://imgur.com/a/lGLeezb

(I don't own the rights to the mushroom picture);

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