Oriental Still Life

Still life by Rebecca, Drawing Academy student

Hi,

My name is Rebecca. I am a complete beginner in drawing and had no professional training before taking the Drawing Academy course. I am very happy to have joined this Academy and have been learning much from it.

Here is my still life drawing.

Thank you very much!

Dear Rebecca,

Thank you very much for your wonderful artwork. I like it a lot. It is very impressive that you have learned good drawing skills so fast.

Your drawing has style and taste; this is a very special talent you have.

The way to improve your artwork is to give a bit more attention to constructive drawing. Here are two simple things that you may implement next time:

1. Before rendering tonal values, make a wireframe drawing as if all objects are transparent. This way you would avoid the following mistake:

2. The bottom oval has to be fuller than the top one and its ends should be rounded, not sharp. This would be easier to see should draw the kettle transparent.

Afterwards, you may erase the invisible part of the bottom oval or leave it and render tonal values on top.

Once again, thank you for your drawing.

To your creative success,

Vladimir London
Drawing Academy tutor

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