Welcome to the SC Mountains Sketchers, Sharon! You got right into the groove with a beautifully sketched egret!! Excellent use of negative space to show its form. The proportions of the head and body are spot-on and the delicate contour edges and details, such as the feather highlights, are very well drawn. Your skills really turned on for an awesome dragonfly drawing! The proportions and angles of its wings are very accurately drawn compared to the reference picture. The contour edges of its body look realistic and natural. Keep practicing doing quick study sketches of things, just like you did for the dragonfly, while searching for accurate proportions.
Excellent how you drew corrections right on top of lighter guidelines!
Helen
Using positive/negative space while drawing the egret was a BIG step in learning to draw realistically, Helen!!! The boldly sketched background is a powerful contrast to the delicate shading of its body. The 's' turn in the neck is especially accurately drawn. Excellent work in delicately shading the contours of the feathers and erasing out the highlight areas. Your sharp eye for detail really shows in the rendering of the dragonfly. The proportions of its body and wings are really, REALLY accurately drawn! Great control in drawing the contour edges making for a very natural looking insect. And then you put all the lesson skills together for an amazingly realistic flower!! Excellent work in showing its textures and contours. Nice quick study sketches of the dragonfly, too!
Val
Val, once you got into the zone you cranked out some wonderfully realistic and accurate drawings!!! Your sketching technique captured the delicate contours and form of the egret's feathers and facial features. Great job of using positive and negative space to draw the contour edges of its neck. FAANTASTIC work in showing the wolf's strong muscles and texture of the fur. I know the head was a challenge but you pulled off a very realistic looking face! Your confidence line work really showed in the speed in which you sketched the wolf. And your dragonfly shows the strength of your sketching technique--natural looking contour edges of the body and thin contour lines for transparent wings.
Kirsten
You were a drawing machine Thursday night, Kirsten!!! Your stellar sketching style, combined with the lesson on positive and negative space produced some amazing work. I know you made some big adjustments in proportions during the early stages of the egret; then drew your corrections over the initial guidelines to nail down extremely accurate measurements of the head, neck, and body. Excellent line work and use of the kneaded eraser to show the contours and textures of the feathers. Your quick study sketches of the dragonfly set up a very accurate, tight rendering of its body and wings. Also, the textures and perspective of your 'positive/negative space' chair turned out really cool!
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