Hi boblybob, I am going to be critiquing your submission today.

Arrows: your arrows are pretty solid, just make sure that basically every time the arrow changes directions the lines cross over, like in this image: https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/1e23d6b7.jpg

Sometimes your arrows don’t overlap, and this destroys the illusion of depth in the arrow.

The other thing to look out for is the hatching lines and the connecting lines, remember to draw every line using the ghosting method to avoid messiness.

Leaves: while a couple of these leaves look stiff, most of them look flowey and alive. You were not afraid to have them overlap on themselves in order for them to look 3d, so nice job here.

Branches: While the center line and the ellipses of the branches look good, the outer lines look a bit sketchy, messy, and stiff. This is something that is very difficult to get right, so don’t feel bad. To quote the lesson text: “Do not draw a line from one ellipse to the other and stop. Instead, overshoot the second ellipse, trying to follow the path towards the third one and stopping fully halfway there.”. It takes practice to understand how one line should properly curve to the next ellipse, and the one after that. I would recommend re-watching the branches exercise video for help.

Here is some advice for how to fix some of the plant drawings you submitted, too.

Drawing 4 gets pretty messy in the stem area. Try to draw bigger next time, and always ghost your lines, no matter how small they are.

For drawing 1, remember to use this technique for the composite leaves. https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/c61742f4.jpg

It is important that every leaf flows in 3d space, even the leaflets that come off bigger leaves. Also, the lines that make up these leaves are pretty wobbly and unconfident, remember to draw with your shoulder, and ghost every line.

For drawing 7, the leaves get pretty messy. Once again, drawing bigger can help, but you can also employ line weight and cast shadows to show which leaves are in front and which ones are in the back and help reduce visual noise.

While your exercies are good, it looks like you are missing the majority of the lesson requirements here. I see two pages of plants, and none of the demos. I am not sure if you did the demos, so if you did do the demos, please submit them. If you did not do the demos, please complete them and then submit them here. I am also going to request that you do 6 more pages of plant drawings (4 with no detail, and 2 that can detail if you want) to complete the lesson requirements. While the demos arent required for the lesson, they will help you alot so I highly recommend them.

Overall, I want you to finish the lesson and really focus on the “3dness” of every single line you draw. Remember that every line, whether it is for detail, or for construction, should be flowing in 3d space and help tell the “lie” of 3d space. Any wobbly on poorly thought out lines risk breaking the illusion. Watch this video again if you need help understanding this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Mb6eT6nGo&t=9s&ab_channel=Uncomfortable