I am having a little problem with the perspective. You are going for a "worm's eye view" right? The tilted ground plane is a bit confusing. Even if you are going for a bit of a tilt in the persepective, the trees should converge towards a point that is perpendicular to the ground plane (unless it is a hillside?). If you lighten up the value on the squirrel it should pop a bit more. it can still be in shade, but should be lighter than the tree trunk


Probably won't use this composition but I wanted to get them down on paper

@gavpartridge Thanks for taking the time to provide such detailed feedback

Thanks! Good feedback.

@Heather-Boyd

Not harsh at all, thanks for the feedback. I am a big admirer of Peter DeSeve and I actually have a copy of the article where he describes his technique. I think perhaps I should do some master studies of his work. If I remember correctly, he uses a brown or sepia pencil for his line work. It contributes to the shape but does not dominate. Thanks again I will look seriously at my mark making.

Blane

So looking at my picture in comparison to others in the June Challenge mine seemed less "finished". There were quite a few that my composition, drawing, perspective, and other fundamentals were on par with, but the others were just more "finished". Is this something you can specifically work on? Is it just a gradual thing that happens as you build skill? How do you bring your art to a finished level?

Blane

@cynthia-bowman Way to hang in there, glad to see you finally got your picture up

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you for the kind words. Any areas that you feel could be improved