After staining the sheets of the sketch book yesterday with a damp teabag (which I thought was a splendid idea for giving just a bit of subtle colour to the background) I went out into the garden and picked a couple of leaves. I just was not confident enough to try to sketch them by hand, so I laid them on the page and made a dot at each 'point' and then worked on from there. As for the shells, I tried them freehand. The razor clam shell is very poor and gives no suggestion of being shaped at all. The other shell is maybe a little big better.
Still, I have made a start and shall continue.
Your leaves are looking good and there is nothing wrong with giving yourself reference points initially. I shouldn't worry about the razor clam shell. It would take on much more of a shape with shading but you seem to be concentrating on line drawings at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI like the teabag effect. Goes well with the leaves. Sort of autumnal. The top one is good. Keep it up.
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