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| Could have done with a bit more variation between flower and leaf. The flowers are considerably lighter than the leaves, th eclue is in the name pallidiflora ( means pale flowers!) |
A couple more pencil drawings, this time using only continuous tone for Assignment 2, Monochrome. Next up colour work.
Fritillaria pallidiflora. These seem to grow well in the garden, the bulbs came from the Cruickshank Botanic Garden at the University of Aberdeen - I was lucky enough to work for there a few months in 2005.
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| Fnal piece. I was quite happy withthe shapes etc but needed to push a bit further with tone |
Fritillaria species are some of my favourites - they're generally pretty easy to grow and I hope to paint more in the near future .
F. pallidiflora is a native species of the mountains of central Asia, E. Siberia and N. W. China, IUCN category vulnerable.
So I need to go darker, this tonal work is new to me, but I can see the point, Julie Small said: Could be a bit deeper, yes totally agree! She said the detail was good though. Funny how you don't see things when you're working on them! So will stand back and take a good look next time....and be brave.! I've done a few other pieces since and think I've got it now!
We also did a cylinder and a sphere ro practice using tone to create form
Still hoping to find some other students out there....
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This drawing does not have enough contrast between the flower head and the foliage. The flower is pale , hence the name. I really haven't made enough of this and will add to it at a later date.
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DeleteI see what you mean and I do agree it needs more contrast but the basic is really beautiful already, I love your graphite drawings. This one will turn out wonderful as well, I'm sure. XX
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful graphite technique! I'm lucky enough to have *one* of these still growing in my zone 4 garden (started out with 3). Looking forward to the rest of your blog.
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