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Permalink Reply by Virginia Spencer on February 13, 2012 at 5:12pm

It's looking pretty good. You could bump up the contrast a bit, tonally they seem around the same range (although that could just be in the photo). I would highlight the house, just a touch of highlight in a white with a tint of yellow would really make it pop.

 

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Permalink Reply by Susan on February 13, 2012 at 10:59pm

The first thing I noticed was the band of cream below the sky. I would blend this in more as it almost looks like another mountain range. The trees in the middle distance could be darker and  then bring light onto the house and foremost trees would give depth.

I hope this helps. 

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Permalink Reply by jmar on February 22, 2012 at 11:24pm

I can't tell if the yellow/cream area is sky or mountain ranges.

The dark foliage in the corner needs something, it 't hard to tell what it is.

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Permalink Reply by Nina Cringan on February 23, 2012 at 1:37pm

Hi Linda, nice job. Ok here goes. I am not sure about the yellow in the sky. Is it sun glow? or is it a mountain? If it is the sun then you need to straighten the top out. It would not have the shape of the mountain. If it is a mountain since it is in the distant you might want to make it bluer with a touch of highliht on it. You building in the foreground needs to pop out. it needs a shadow on the ground, but also I would darken the trees close to the building roof to make it stand out.That same building would be stronger in color since it is closer to the foreground. Your building in back looks stronger in color  than the one in front. Which it should be lighter. remember things in the distant is always lighter. Add some highlights to your trees or bushes in the foreground. I hope this helps. This is what I would do if it was mine. But I think you did a good job.

PS. One thing about acrylic you can work over it.

Have a great day

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Permalink Reply by Linda Robertson on February 23, 2012 at 9:27pm

Thanks for your comments NIna - this sort of feedback really helps. I'm doing this painting again with a few changes so I will post it when finished and you can all see if I've improved it.

Thanks again for taking the time to comment.

Nina Cringan said:

Hi Linda, nice job. Ok here goes. I am not sure about the yellow in the sky. Is it sun glow? or is it a mountain? If it is the sun then you need to straighten the top out. It would not have the shape of the mountain. If it is a mountain since it is in the distant you might want to make it bluer with a touch of highliht on it. You building in the foreground needs to pop out. it needs a shadow on the ground, but also I would darken the trees close to the building roof to make it stand out.That same building would be stronger in color since it is closer to the foreground. Your building in back looks stronger in color  than the one in front. Which it should be lighter. remember things in the distant is always lighter. Add some highlights to your trees or bushes in the foreground. I hope this helps. This is what I would do if it was mine. But I think you did a good job.

PS. One thing about acrylic you can work over it.

Have a great day

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