Trace's Lets Draw course

[nolan]

your notan (note the a ) looks almost perfect, just the black on the just juice needs to be marked as well.

I can clearly see you understand the concept of a notan

Looking at your notan I can see this will make a very interesting still life too. Well done!

[nolan]

To measure vertical lines, I twist my wrist 90 degrees so that the divider is pointing left to right instead of up and down

[Trace]

Thanks so much Nolan, I think the whole juice wrong angle was throwing me off, but for the sake of not having to rough sketch for 3rd time, thought i should check with you, as to whether the Notan was on track. i'll fix up the juice position & the black & that might help me see a better flow.
Notad the Notan  Cheers T

[Trace]

Thanks Nolan, finally had a Aha moment and sorted out with what you described. Cheers t

[Annie.]

Take heart Trace.  The first time I heard Nolan describing this in one of his video, I head a Nolan.  It was only when I saw the word in print that I saw it was a Notan.

[njnjgirl]

This will be a nice still life.

[nolan]

Notad the Notan  Cheers T

 

[nolan]

 

[Trace]

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[nolan]

fabulous job on your still life Tracey

Just one thing - your shadows - make them darker against the object, then fade lighter. This will give you a better 3D effect. (I do this even if the actual shadow doesn't look like that

[Val]

  Great still life Tracey!      That little tweak on the shadows and it will be brilliant. 

[dennis]

 

[njnjgirl]

Very well done!

[Trace]

Thank you so much Nolan, Val, Dennis & Mary Lou.
I enjoyed & learnt so much with this exercise, so I'm going to repeat the process, as there is a lot of things to consider & i will fade out the shadows with the next one - thanks Nolan for that

[Trace]

Not sure with this one if I've got it right balance with the dark & light contrasts &/or composition?

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* After seeing it here on big screen, I've swapped the bird & vase placements & that looks more balanced with the contrasts