The Cornell Lab Bird Academy › Discussion Groups › Nature Journaling and Field Sketching › Illustrating the 3D World
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How can I show an area of whiteness that occurs at the edge of the object? It becomes white on white page! I'm am becoming less hesitant to open my journal and am enjoying the exercises.
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I'm getting quite comfortable, but it's still a bit hard to find the reflective light.
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Yes it was easier
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I have been working from photographs because I find I can see the light better. The fur on this vixen was a challenge. Tomorrow I will try some real
fruit.
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O M G that is soooooo good! I love it keep up the good work
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@Eliana Thank you Eliana. I would love to see your drawings. Nancy
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I am always using value scales, still life set ups with my students to keep them in practice depicting every day objects. I use pencil,charcoal and graphite with them so I ache for color at the end of the day for me sometimes. I think I need it just to give me another challenge. Still learning....
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Love these and feel like I could just slice right into them and see the juice come out! I am amazed at the way you used color - makes them look so real. I started looking at the discussion posts before learning the content here, but it’s hard to imagine myself ever getting to this level!
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Your color work in this painting has so many lessons! Thank you! It's gorgeous and alive.
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I am really enjoying drawing, I am getting much more comfortable with the process. You make learning these skills controllable. I am so glad I signed up for this class.
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Love the fluid movement you’ve managed to bring ti these leaves. Very inspiring. Thanks
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Yes, thank you very much. I send this example.
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Now that I have practiced a lot, I have gotten used to knowing where different skills should be applied. I am definitely a lot more comfortable now with these new skills! So far I have done great with all of these exercises, so I am ready to do more!
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It us easy to see which components are being applied.I am starting to fell more comfortable using these techniques, that said i do think I need to work on the core shadow. ]
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Have been doing a bit more practice with capturing the light values of objects, I think there is some improvement! and I feel more confident of putting pencil to paper to create an image.
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Have been enjoying playing with the texture and getting the light & dark thing happening. This is a start but lots more practice to go!
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Hi, Lynley. Your Value Scale is so well done, and I like the way you used the texturing techniques that we’ve been practicing on your scale - wish I’d thought of that! Your drawings are all so nice too. I especially love your little cardinal peeking onto the page. Keep up the great work! 👍🏻
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It has been a long time since I've done much sketching. It is coming back to me though.
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Attached is my zombie looking face with a tangerine, tomato, and carrot. I noticed taking a picture highlighted the shadows even more. I went back and added in a few more shades using the photo. Practice makes perfect. I would like to get better at conveying the different textures.
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Fabulous! 😁
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That’s awesome! I hope you get some more TP soon. Lol
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What a delight! Thank you for the good laugh, and the great drawing. I love the folds especially. The soft lines really define the winding of the paper at the top. I'm so impressed by how few lines can be as important to the image as the complex set you have for the folded edge and the column.
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More work needed on texture and shape. Enjoying the challenges of this course. This is especially nice since spring is here and there are many possibilities for practice outside.
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Here is today's tangerine. Left side drawing is the flipped over fruit.
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My favorite eraser! I use them for erasing all the terrible markings in my opera parts! (I am a professional flutist.) Now they have another purpose...
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Enjoyed this lesson and realized I needed more practice with simple shapes before moving on to actual objects. Practiced spheres repeatedly and today will try a piece of fruit! Mechanical pencil made it hard so I switched to some drawing pencils I had on hand. Have not played with color yet. It was cool to see improvement in a short amount of time (first on the page is top left and last one is bottom left).
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I love this idea, I also need to practice basic shapes a bit.
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Thanks for sharing this progression, Gigi. They all look great to me, but now I can really see the difference from first to last!
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Does anyone have advice on distinguishing between texture and light/shadow? I find I struggle to include both elements--light and shadow serve as texture in many of my drawings right now. Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!
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