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Natural Drawing

Leaves, light and a lot of orange.

A first-year course in drawing from nature. I started with pencil studies of leaves and ended with an oil painting of a croton plant that was hung in the exhibition.

SubjectPlants and leaves
FinalOil painting, exhibited
Natural Drawing: Leaves, light and a lot of orange.
Role
Solo
Course
Natural Drawing
2023/2024
Tools
Pencil · Oil paint

01Observe

Look closely, draw slowly

The course taught us to draw what is really in front of us: leaves, flowers, stems, the way light falls on a curved surface. It started with pencil and a lot of shading.

Pencil drawing of overlapping tropical leaves with pencils on the page
Pencil study of tropical leaves.

02Paint

From a photo to a canvas

For the final I painted a croton plant from a reference photo. I blocked in a warm orange background, then built the yellow and green leaves one by one.

Painting in progress on an easel with the reference photo beside it
Work in progress, with the reference photo.

03Born

On the wall

The finished painting hung in the course exhibition.

Finished oil painting of yellow and green croton leaves on orange
The final painting.
Feras standing next to the exhibited paintings
Me at the exhibition.