No More Cartoon-Looking Flower Drawings!

[@kathleengarness1660]

each of those yellow bits in the center of the flower are actually complete flowers in themselves. Those are call disk flowers, and emerge from a structure called a capitulum, which has bracts below it. The white ligule is also part of a complete flower, called a ray flower. Hence this plant family that used to be called the Aster Family is now called the Composite Family, because of the two types of flowers connected by this capitulum, at the base. I only add this to have your viewers consider looking very closely at flowers, and especially this most unique plant family!

[@GuestingGameplays]

Just adding up to the comments, I love the way you go with ease and your explanations are amazing. Its not like we are ignoring what we are looking at, at all, but its a process of learning to let go: from 'perfection' to reach the true ideal, which is learning things for what they are instead of what we naturally do, the iconographic drawing that tends to be 2D only, training but in a fun way. Its awesome that even tho its challenging it can also be fun. Thanks Stephen, you play a huge role for me, and many others I do believe.

[@justmejhbmed9778]

Always good to see your lines on reference… and your reasoning. thank you

[@kathleengarness1660]

Peggy MacNamara, Artist-in-Residence at the Field Museum in Chicago, drops light vertical and horizontal pencil guide lines, very much as Stephen has described here, in her watercolors, and often leaves them in the final watercolor. I love seeing the thought process revealed like this!

[@sanliturk31]

I would like to see more flowers like these such as rose it is one which is complicated to draw

[@Kīīng-Skull]

I liked the Idea of pre sketching you told in a video. It helps measuring proportions and angles, z order stuff before I try out on real one.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s exactly the idea. 😊

[@ariannaj.1864]

Thanks for the tips! Great video as always 🎉

[@stephentraversart]

Always great to hear. Thanks Arianna 😀

[@osmonauta]

Very nice, thank you! The only side note I have is that I think you put that little leaf (and everything else after that) somewhat too low starting around 7:08. But I guess that's artistic license :-)

[@stephentraversart]

I changed the scale, making my drawing larger than the photo, so there wasn’t room to fit the larger leaves in. 😀

[@echapa08]

Wonderful tutorial...thank you

[@Billionofthought555]

Great I love the you explain

[@stephentraversart]

Encouraging to hear. Thanks 😀

[@Hiba-l4r]

شكرا💚🌙

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you😀

[@GLOBAL.epic.894]

What is the best book for drawing ❤❤

[@Prodigy68]

Cheap paper for sketches and exercises, reserve the fancy and expensive paper for when you feel comfortable and confident enough.

[@suranjanghimire659]

Thank you Stephen. I am learning more ideas from your videos 🙏from Nepal