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12:26 PM, Tuesday July 26th 2022
Hello am tempestsnow and I'll be dropping some critics on your submission. Am still a learning so I'll critics it with my current ability.
Firstly: the arrows construction: the lines are too rough and wobbly, it creates distraction for viewers. Think of the paper as a space and create an arrow in the space in your mind, visualize the way it looks and try to put it down on the paper confidently. Make one stroke at a time and think about how to draw the other on it. I'll love to see a resubmission of this exercise and I'll drop you some image if it'll help. And also watch the video and read the texts on it for more understanding
2: leaves construction: it looks a bit flat try understanding the flow of each leaf
3 branches exercise: when drawing this, the information says that when a line is draw pass the ellipse the second line must also be draw on the tip of the first line. You'll understand this more if you cross check the notes
Plants with only constructions: you tried but some lines are rough and wobbly, it's not creating the illusion of 3d, it's like you're drawing on a flat form.
Plants with texture: there's no much texture on the plant, like shadows, line weight ....
I noticed something while checking through your submission, you try to correct a line by making another one on it which is wrong. Be patient and focus a lot on understanding the lesson.
Next Steps:
2 page of arrow exercise
1 page of leaves exercise
1 page of branches exercise
1 plant based on construction only and 1 with texture
4:15 AM, Sunday August 7th 2022
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