Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

2:11 PM, Tuesday July 26th 2022

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took me 6 months. Pfff. :(

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3:06 PM, Friday July 29th 2022
edited at 3:11 PM, Jul 29th 2022

Hi JRPRINC! Hope you're doing well.

Organic Arrows

  • Good work on drawing these arrows smoothly, most of them are compressing & expanding as they move away & tworads the viewer.

  • I can see that you've applied lineweight to hightlight what's in front.

  • While your arrows are really well drawn, if you've followed lesson 2 you should know that we're supposed to drawn through them, see https://drawabox.com/lesson/2/4/step2. Please follow those instructions when doing the arrows in your warm ups

Leaves

  • Your leaves are following their flow line, even the folding ones. I can aslo see that you considered flow line for the veins inside the leaves as well.

  • Nice work on breaking the silhouette of these leaves. Though for some leaves like the one above the bottom right leaf, you should have first drawn the outer form like a simple leaf & then break it's silhouette to create the outer contour like the one you've drawn. Please avoid skipping constructional steps whenever possible, https://drawabox.com/lesson/3/2/skipping, it helps you understand the form better.

Branches

  • Sometimes the ellipses here(like in branches on right side of the page) are not perpendicular to their minor axis(along with not cutting the ellipses in half), see https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/5/minoraxis. It's a bit hard to get them accurate, so ghost multiple time before placing the mark for them, if they're not placed well they can break the construction(here the branches) instantly.

  • I don't see any gradual shift in degrees/width in the ellipses for these branches. There should be shift in degrees when the ellipses are facing the viewer or away from it. See the ellipses used here in the branches & observe how their degrees are changing, https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/18463269.png.

  • Nice try on the forking branches, though they feel pretty stiff. See the forking branches section, https://drawabox.com/lesson/3/2/forking to see how you can construct them.

Plants Drawings

First of all, your plants looks really good & well constructed. Those 6 months were well spent.

  • I cannot see clearly but did you use pencil in your drawings? Sorry I'm misunderstanding, I know it can be tempting to use them but please avoid using them in this course as it goes completely against the purpose of this course. Be more confident & directly put the marks using your pen. If you're unsure about the construction you can plan them on the side of the page or a different page.

    • If you really did not use pencil, then the issue is your lineweight. We're only supposed to use them on the overlapping sections or the focal point, not for outlining the entire drawing.
  • Nice work on flow of the petals & leaves on these plants.

  • The texure on your plants are wrapping along the forms & have a gradual shift to lead the eye toward the focal point.

    • I cannot see any constructional steps in your plant drawings with textures. While these look beautiful, in drawabox we want to see your constructions so we can provide better feedback.
  • Great work on observing the pattern & negative shapes on complex plants. It's very hard to get right but you've done so.

Overall

Your plants drawings are beautiful & you might have past experience with them but I strongly suggest following the instructions in the lessons, especially not skipping the construcitonal steps in drawings with texture.

But even so I can clearly see that you've worked hard on these. So congrats on completing lesson 3.

Next Steps:

Feel free to start lesson 4.

Please don't skip in constructional steps instructed in that lesson & good luck with the lessons, bugs are fun to draw.

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edited at 3:11 PM, Jul 29th 2022
12:24 PM, Thursday December 1st 2022

Hello PURPEL,

Thank you very much for the review. I took a little break and this will help me a lot to get back to drawing. I really appreciate it!

Thanks again and have a wonderful Christmas holidays

9:40 AM, Monday December 26th 2022

I'm late to reply as well xD

Happy Holidays!!!

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