Ella says it best!
Three more submissions to our 'Anything Goes' Prompt starting with:
KM
KM says she has been enjoying these prompts, and I have to compliment her on her dedication and progress this term. She has contributed to each prompt and has shown steady improvement in technique and confidence in her drawing skills. She has also been indulging in a few new pencils - this week adding Derwent Metallic red, green and pink to her work. She has also used standard Derwent colour pencils, dark/soft graphite on Hot Press paper to create a still life of her favourite flowers, carnations.
This is a good still life study, KM has used her colours well, layering and blending to build up the hues. She has paid attention to the shapes of the foliage and how each leaf or bud is attached to the stems. I like how the stems are not all standing straight up and down, but also cross over each other creating a nice dynamic in the vase. The pink carnations are puffs of colour - not a lot of detail, just enough to create the effect.
The glass vase is a little flat, without much depth or sparkle, but it does work stylistically with the rest of the drawing. I would caution KM to be a bit careful about the shadow placement, I am not sure the shadows behind the top right carnations work as intended. All that being said, an excellent drawing to finish the term with KM!
JD
JD's scanner is playing up, so she can only show us smaller phone shots so it is difficult to see the detail. But we can see enough to realise JD has done beautiful work . She has finished her Hellebores work and it is very successful. The shapes and colours work well, and the addition of the top of the mason jar acting as a vase grounds the work well. Previously the flowers were just 'floating' on the page, now there is a reason for the arrangement.
JD also has a work in progress that looks very promising. Another botanical still life drawing of beets created on A3 Eraldo Di Paolo Hot Press with Faber Castell Polychroms and Staedtler HB. This work has a lot of potential and is coming along well. Remember to add cool tones (blue, violets) into the shadow curve of the beets to create depth. Also those cool tones would give you addtional shape in the leaf shadows. Again, cool tones such as a light indigo blue will work for the cast shadows on the table - don't be tempted to use grey/graphite or black here, start with a light tone fading off and increase the hue if required as you complete the plants.
Both works are great JD. One note is to remember to pay more attention to planning the placement of your drawing on the page so elements don't run off the edge- give yourself a bit more breathing room. I always use a sheet of paper much larger than what I think the work will be as it almost always tends to 'grow' a bit. Paper is cheap enough!
Well done!
Silke
Using the new 2 hour exercise time allowed in our lock-down, Silke walked to Mordialloc creek and did some urban sketching of the old marine supply house there. This building has been there for donkey's years and as Silke found, not a single straight line or corner to be found! She says she found the perspective difficult as a result, but that slight wonkiness gives the drawing and the building charm IMO. I know that this area is being progressively refurbished so it is nice to get these older, character buildings recorded.
Silke has used a black Fineliner and Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils in a Hahenmuhle watercolor sketchbook to create this drawing. And doesn't it make us all want to get out there in our 2 hour times and take a walk and do some sketching? Inspiring work Silke!
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