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DrawingNynke — Orchid
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Published: 2020-04-20 07:50:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 949; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 2
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Made with colored watercolor pencils at A4
I didn’t use any reference photo to create this artwork, just a few real orchids we had standing in the house 
I don't have a lot of experience with water color pencils, so have you any critique, feel free and let me know
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Thank you very much!!!
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Heel erg bedankt Maria 
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Graag gedaan Nynke
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Another lovely drawing - it's quite impressive work considering you don't have much experience with watercolor pencils, and also that you drew this from real life! Excellent practice - and it also shows how you've improved as an artist 
To the things you could improve. There is not that much contrast in the piece. All the flowers are the same color, and there are no real shadows and highlights. Also, there are no real dark areas. The purple is the darkest color, but it's a far way from black.
So I would make the flowers and petals in the background darker. This way you would get a lot more depth to the piece.
But, as said in the beginning, it's still an impressive drawing. Getting the values and the shadows right when drawing from life is difficult - and chances are there were no real shadows and highlights on the flowers either. But hey, we're artists, we can improve how things look
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Thank you very much for your critique!
I indeed needed to created more shadows in this drawing. It was a very difficult drawing, because I am not very good in drawing things without a reference, but I think it is a really good exercise to improve your drawing skills.
Next time when I will try out to draw from real live again I will remember your tips
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