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Permalink Reply by Dorothy on November 14, 2009 at 11:16am

Hi Lisa, I think you have the makings of a nice painting here but as you say you need to put a wee bit of work into your cabin. The perspective is off making it look lop-sided. Maybe you could draw the cabin out on a separate piece of paper paying particular attention to the perspective and when you are happy with it transfer it to the canvas or paper. Have a search on Google for sites with instructions on how to draw and paint perspective. Mastering perspective is not difficult and it makes such a difference to a painting if it is correct. If I could make one other little suggestion regarding composition it might be an idea to have your cabin slightly off-centre and have the path curving towards it. Hope I have been of some help to you.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Morgan on November 19, 2009 at 5:58am

thank you Dorothy, youve been a big help. This is my repair version. i couldnt do anything about the centering aspect but i did scrape off all the dry paint and reworked my cabin a bit. it is some better, but still not satisfied with it. practice, practice, practice



Lisa

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Permalink Reply by Jeanne Foran on November 19, 2009 at 3:53pm

Hi! Just a couple of things to note. I think you need to look at the perspective particularly on the cabin front wall and roof line. Also on the path as the closer it is the larger it should be. Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Dorothy on November 19, 2009 at 4:13pm

Hi Lisa, your second version is much better than the original but your cabin is still out of kilter. The roof should slope slightly downwards as it receeds and the back edge of the roof should be at a steeper pitch. I've been having a look at Bob's drawing of perspective of houses and I think your cabin most closely resembles the second figure although the window and door are placed on the long edge of Bob's drawing and your door is on the gable end of the cabin. If you have a look at Bob's drawing and compare this to you own you will see where you need to make changes. I agree with Jeanne re the path it should become wider nearer the front of the painting. This again is down to perspective. I would not worry about not being able to move the path on this drawing but keep in mind that it is best to put features slightly off centre for future work. I'm pleased that you found my advice helpful to you and hope I've been of some use to you again. Just keep practicing and you will master it, I'm sure.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Morgan on November 19, 2009 at 9:54pm

thanks for replying. i took a look at bobs perspective video also. my mistake i think was in trying to block it in without first sketching the picture first. im just not good enough yet to do it freestyle like bob ross does it. lol...but im gonna get there. your comments have been very helpful and i thank you.
Lisa

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