Hi Holly,
To me the left 1/3 of the page is the most successful. That's because the parts (including background colours) seem more woven together, compositionally and narratively. By 'narratively,' I mean there's action that ties parts together - the drops fall, the bee flies up, the fallen leaf flutters in, the long-bladed leaves overgrow the flower pots.
In the right 2/3rds the pieces are less related to each other. more just tacked to the wall one by one.
That aside, overall I like the way colours and drawings seem to move in onto the page from beyond our view. And the background colours that spread in behind the text, especially the green below the pots and the blue below that. The intensification of the blue at the bottom right corner works very well.
And your lovely violet 'scribble flower' (lower left) is certainly the simplest, quickest, most efficient flower illustrating I've seen!
On their own, that flower, the pot, green below and the and the bottom of the sunflower make a charming image. Just them, not with the article, I mean.
Or, what would happen if to the right of the watering can the flower and sunflower weren't there?
FYI, and for the all students, I often cover up parts of these images, holding my hands, flattened between my eyes and the screen, to look at smaller parts within the whole. Try it sometime within anything you're working on! Pluck out a smaller part that's relly great, enlarge it and put it in your portfolio!
Or the whole left third on it's on makes a wonderful vertical composition.
Nice stuff. Keep up the good work!
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To me the left 1/3 of the page is the most successful. That's because the parts (including background colours) seem more woven together, compositionally and narratively. By 'narratively,' I mean there's action that ties parts together - the drops fall, the bee flies up, the fallen leaf flutters in, the long-bladed leaves overgrow the flower pots.
In the right 2/3rds the pieces are less related to each other. more just tacked to the wall one by one.
That aside, overall I like the way colours and drawings seem to move in onto the page from beyond our view. And the background colours that spread in behind the text, especially the green below the pots and the blue below that. The intensification of the blue at the bottom right corner works very well.
And your lovely violet 'scribble flower' (lower left) is certainly the simplest, quickest, most efficient flower illustrating I've seen!
On their own, that flower, the pot, green below and the and the bottom of the sunflower make a charming image. Just them, not with the article, I mean.
Or, what would happen if to the right of the watering can the flower and sunflower weren't there?
FYI, and for the all students, I often cover up parts of these images, holding my hands, flattened between my eyes and the screen, to look at smaller parts within the whole. Try it sometime within anything you're working on! Pluck out a smaller part that's relly great, enlarge it and put it in your portfolio!
Or the whole left third on it's on makes a wonderful vertical composition.
Nice stuff. Keep up the good work!