It turned out lovely, Rachel. I like how you used the white Gelly Roll to high light. I was struggling with adding back in a strong white, so now I learned something new from you and will keep it in mind for next time. Thanks!
The problem was you colored what you think it should look like vs what you actually see. This is an extremely common mistake, and depending on how your brain is wired can be a real struggle to overcome. If you take a closer look at the photo you can see that you made it light in dark areas (ex: inside the dip for the stem) and dark in light areas (ex: the high edge at the front of the dip in the stem) and it started to appear high and low in the wrong places. Your brain told you it looked wrong, but not why. If you are starting to draw or color realistically it can be very helpful to plot out the highlight and shadow in pencil first with a light hand. Literally map it out, looking only at your reference, and only at light vs dark. Then add color. Full disclosure, I struggle with it myself. I CAN paint realistically, but I have to really work at it, so often paint/color stylistically for relaxation. Either can be lovely, but they are definitely two completely different approaches.
Thanks to you, I am very happy with how my cherries turned out.
I am pleased x
It turned out lovely, Rachel. I like how you used the white Gelly Roll to high light. I was struggling with adding back in a strong white, so now I learned something new from you and will keep it in mind for next time. Thanks!
Thank you!
Beautiful colouring Rachel thank you for sharing 😊💖
Thanks so much 😊
I'm coloring along starting with the cherries.
that is good x
Hi Rachel beautiful colouring in thank you for sharing ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊xxxx
Thank you so much 😊
The problem was you colored what you think it should look like vs what you actually see. This is an extremely common mistake, and depending on how your brain is wired can be a real struggle to overcome. If you take a closer look at the photo you can see that you made it light in dark areas (ex: inside the dip for the stem) and dark in light areas (ex: the high edge at the front of the dip in the stem) and it started to appear high and low in the wrong places. Your brain told you it looked wrong, but not why. If you are starting to draw or color realistically it can be very helpful to plot out the highlight and shadow in pencil first with a light hand. Literally map it out, looking only at your reference, and only at light vs dark. Then add color. Full disclosure, I struggle with it myself. I CAN paint realistically, but I have to really work at it, so often paint/color stylistically for relaxation. Either can be lovely, but they are definitely two completely different approaches.
thank you
Ugh mine didn't turn out too good, but oh well lol
aww, I'm sorry x