Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants
12:53 AM, Wednesday August 17th 2022
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11:59 AM, Sunday September 18th 2022
Hello Douglassales
Today I'll review your submission.
Arrows: Well done! The arrows are smooth and confidently drawn, you also managed to keep your arrows consistently getting smaller, one critique I do have is that you could have overlapped more arrows on themselves, I understand that it gets messy quickly, however it is done so not only to draw more but also to give you the possibility to test line weight, and understand what form goes on top of another, anyhow you did well!
Branches: your branches are also fine, one thing I can't confidently say is whether or not you drew all of them with one single line or with multiple strokes, although judging by the fact that some lines seem to get darker and thicker it seems like you did follow what uncomfortable said. One thing I can tell you for sure is that while you did vary the degrees of the ellipses you could have varied them a lot more by bending the branches more, still you did well here too
Leaves: Well done! your leaves have a nice flow even the one you bent, you did well in not zigzaging and cutting back in your forms too!
Plant construction:
I think you did a really stupendous work with your plant construction, you have an excellent grasp of how to construct complex object from simple forms, not only that but your attention to detail and use of shadows are astonishing.
I don't think there's anything I can critique here.
Well done!
Next Steps:
I think you are ready for the next lesson, well done!
12:06 AM, Monday September 19th 2022
Thank you for the critique LALINCECHELANCIA!
I will try to do more overlapping arrows like you said, my line weight really needs some work!
I did the branches with multiple strokes haha. I see what you mean about the ellipses. I often forget to vary it's degrees in a conscious way.
Thank you so much for the critique and for the kind words, it means a lot! I will make sure to work on the problems you have pointed!
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