Here I attempted to highlight the shapes I saw when looking at the reference photo. The obvious focal point in this painting is the area of paper left white in the small rectangle, center of image.
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just finished this one. It's loosey, juicy and kinda messy but I wasn't planning on offering it for sale so it doesn't matter. I think this has potential as a do-over. I like the composition and the colors. I switched to the quill of a feather for some of the fine branches, did the rest with the squirrel quill brush. Bit of a sloppy job but I'm not concerned in this case. Colors and color placement are so important to a landscape but composition even more so. Where the various values are placed is critical, too. At completion it's all got to make some sort of sense no matter how creative I wish to be. I operate primarily on instinct being self taught so if it looks 'right' I just go with it.
Here I attempted to highlight the shapes I saw when looking at the reference photo. The obvious focal point in this painting is the area of paper left white in the small rectangle, center of image. 
I like this. Lovely yellow light and love the blue in the water.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Jeanne!
ReplyDeleteOh...Well...now you're just showing off!!;=)....I relly like this one!!
ReplyDeleteI'm relly glad you like it, Maggie. Thx!:)
ReplyDeleteWonderful Billie, great job!
ReplyDeleteVera! Howdy, stranger.:) Thank you for the comment.:)
ReplyDeleteI think this is lovely and cannot see why you wouldn't offer it for sale! I really like the composition!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the vote of confidence, Anita.:) This isn't anything I'd be willing to sell. I'd like to practice a lot more before considering myself a landscape painter. Besides, I splattered some fluid acrylic on it yesterday just to see what it would look like and it didn't look so good.:( I had to try, tho.
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