11:25 PM, Friday June 17th 2022
Leaves:
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I can see that you're building up your edge detail with individual segments now, although you need to take a lot more care in the execution of these marks. As we build up these edge details, each stroke is essentially an extension of the leaf's silhouette. If however those marks are drawn quickly, we can end up with situations where our marks overshoot beyond the edge of the leaf's silhouette (as we see here), or where we end up with little gaps, which undermine the solidity of that structure. I get that there are a lot of little bumps you're adding here, but you still need to take as much care as you can with each stroke you draw. Having more to draw doesn't mean we can rush individual marks.
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The more complex leaf you attempted on the far right is incorrect - you jumped too far in complexity at your first step, as explained here. There's actually a demo for this kind of leaf in the informal demos page which you can check out as well, you'll find it here.
Branches:
Unfortunately you are still not following the instructions I specifically pointed you to previously. Each segment is extended halfway to the next ellipse (which you are now doing), but each segment also starts at the previous ellipse, NOT where the last edge stopped. As I explained in my previous feedback, this is to achieve a healthy overlap between the segments, to help create a smoother, more seamless transition from segment to segment. You still have no overlap.
Plant Constructions:
I have a few concrete tips here, but like what I mentioned in regards to your edge detail in the leaves exercise, you are rushing your linework and need to slow down. While we still need to execute each mark confidently, you need to be investing your time into the planning and preparation phase for each individual stroke, making use of the ghosting method as described in Lesson 1.
Additionally:
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When constructing any cylindrical flower pots, be sure to build them around a central minor axis line, to help you in aligning those ellipses.
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Use the ghosting method when drawing any and all of your ellipses, and be sure to draw through them two full times before lifting your pen. Right now you're inconsistent with this.
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Include as many ellipses as you need to flesh out the entirety of a given flower pot structure - at minimum that's going to include another ellipse inset within the opening to establish the thickness of the rim, and another to establish the level of the soil.
I think you are falling far short of what you are capable of, because you're not giving yourself enough time to tackle the work to the best of your ability. Furthermore, remember that the exercises from previous lessons are to be done as part of a regular warmup routine, so you can keep those skills sharp and keep developing them as you move forwards - based on the linework here, and perhaps in part because of the month and a half that has passed since you received your initial critique and your submission of these revisions, I suspect you may have allowed things to backslide somewhat. It is unfortunately common for students not to keep up their warmups when they're forced to take breaks from the material.
I'd like you to do the same revisions again.
Next Steps:
Please complete the same revisions I assigned previously. Give yourself as much time as you need for each form you construct, every shape you draw, and every mark you execute, using the ghosting method as discussed in Lesson 1.