![]() If the artist drew something a bit cartoonish, like I’ve seen geraniums made up of the same simple flower shape repeated over and over to make a flower head…Īnyway, if the stamp is super basic and very cartoonish, you really can’t do much about that.īut on the other hand, many stamp artists today are drawing more realistic forms. If you’re not leaving space, you’re sacrificing realism.Īhhh, grasshopper, you may have to be clever.įirst, let’s say a lot depends upon the style of the stamp artist. Even though we don’t see the background through the petals on the right, we still should convey the impression of open space. The petals form a bit of a cave right there and the buds are spreading out in the open space in the cave. Look where all the little green buds are shooting out to the right. We’re not seeing any background between the florets, right? Now look at the right side of the photo reference. Realistic coloring values the empty spaces as well as the petals. The amount of air space in a flower is essential as color to realism and accuracy. We don’t just identify flowers by the color and shape of their petals, we also look at spaces. If you don’t leave the spaces your geranium will look less geranium-ish. Geraniums are naturally a very loosely spaced flower. I’m guessing that if I don’t point out the gaps, probably 80% of students would color all the gaps a deep dark red. ![]() ![]() Many students will rush right past this observation. On the left side of the flower, there are white spaces where we can see through the florets to the background behind it. Instead of looking at color in the reference photo, look for the gaps. There are literally hundreds of colors and thousands of possible blending combinations which will all produce realistic looking geraniums. This is why you don’t need to worry about the colors quite so much. Here’s the photo reference I used to draw the geranium line art for my intermediate level Scarlet Geranium online coloring class.
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