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by FranziskaLang

Comment:
Composition, sharpness are good. It's simple and direct. The shadow is nice. Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be too much yellow. A different color in the background would probably make it more appealing to me and make the subjects "jump" out a little more. Not white---but something with less yellow.

I still need my pencil.
by jenarom

Comment:
Well composed and thought out. It might have been more effective if the pencil had been oriented a little less perpendicular to the edge. The tablet sets up that perpendicular line and the pencil's right end could come down a little. Just a thought.

#2 Still Life
by shortredneck

Comment:
Nice idea, but composition seems a little awkward. Everything seems weighted to the left lower corner. By moving the pencil and sharpener up and to the right a little instead of dividing the diagonal of the picture from corner to corner might be effective.

Graphite Shadow
by vitsmak

Comment:
Good composition. The simplicity is appealing.

classic
by aelith

Comment:
Nice idea, color, composition. The angle, however, seems just a little too low. Otherwise, the arrangement is effective.

Office Space
by magnetic9999

Comment:
Effective color combined with the pattern. Composition is simple and direct. Nice.

Sketching the next generation
by marcvg

Comment:
Composition is great. The simplicity is nice and just the wood color adds interest and realism. It might have worked in b & w, but it wouldn't have been as effective.

Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment:
Excellent mood, composition.. Colors are nice. Good job.

Young Sketcher
by quarx

Comment:
Nice idea, however black & white or color might be more effective.

You want me to do what with this pencil?
by jimsapp

Comment:
How did you get the cat to participate in this so well? The arrangement of cat, pencil, pad, afghan are all nicely planned in the "still-life" mode. It might have been nice if the color of whatever is under the afghan were just a bit more vivid. Also the pencil being a little out of focus bothers me a little-but not much. I do like cats, by the way, but they don't always lend themselves to the topics of the challenge (or if they do, they don't cooperate and the thing ends up looking really contrived). There are cute cat pictures and there are good cat pictures. This one is good and how nice that it works so well into the theme. Good job and compliments to the cat.