Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants
1:21 AM, Saturday September 11th 2021
This exercise was a lot of fun! I snapped a bunch of pictures of plants while on a walk and used them of references here :) Sometimes the drawing got noisy with the amount overlapping leaves which made it a little difficult to work with and imagine the plant in 3d space. Cast shadows and line weight did helped a lot with organising the shapes and establishing whats in front/behind for the end drawing. I found that while I tried focusing on the flow of the shapes, I'd somtimes get the proportions/angle considerably off which resulted in some leaves that look a bit out of place, I'll try ghosting more rigorously next time.
I'm definitely seeing the power of construction though! It's a noticable improvement to how I previously drew plants. Establishing the direction, shape and size of each part of the plant early on better captures the general form and overall characteristics of the plant. Looking forward to some feedback :)







