Hi Clare,
Thank you so much for your prompt response. It is interesting how you describe my style as being illustrative, this was a major criticism I received when studying for my Art teaching qualifications back some 25 or so years ago. Ever since then I have wanted to break out of this tendency of mine, so if you have any suggestions I would appreciate it. I really enjoy the activities that are explained in Drawing Projects by Mick Maslen and Jack Southern and Expressive Drawing by Steve Aimone, but, unfortunately,don't have time to explore these thoroughly when trying to meet the time crunch of already being behind schedule in my projects.
I appreciate your honest appraisal. When photographing sections of my final piece for reporting in my blog, my husband and I discovered how much more powerful my composition of the moths could have been if I had focused in on only one moth. The small close-up section really spoke more of the fragility of death than my full composition.
I do agree that the background of the rainbow lizard became too frenetic and distracting, and that the overall effect of the sink did not pull together completely. Would you agree that I can just push on and not worry about reworking these drawings - as I am concerned about finishing on schedule. If I have time towards the end, which at this stage looks doubtful - I could go back and redo or revisit these drawings, but I don't feel like I have the time to do so now.
Once again, thank you for your honest and yet gently worded critique. I appreciate it tremendously.
Kind regards,
Debbie
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