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NOVEMBER 2008: Villages, Houses, and Street scenes. Cars and old Cars

CLICK IN THE LINK ABOVE AND POST THERE YOUR COMMETS TO THE PICTURES THAT GROUP MEMBERS HAVE PAINTED

This is going to be our first reference photo for November. A photo made by our new member Fraddy.
NOVEMBER PROGRAMM:
FIRST: Paint your own STREET. Have a look in your personal Photo Album, see if there is any picture that fits to this month's theme and, paint a picture using it as reference. Your creativity is all yours.
SECOND: If you haven't made any photo you can paint one of the reference photos . Number 1,2,3,4 are copyright free number,5 and 6 are pictures that I have found in internet free to use but please do not make any commercil use out of it. Thank you. Maria
2- A street in Denmark.JPG
3- German Village.JPG
4- Coast VIllage.JPG
5- Blue and Red Houses.jpg
6- Back Cars.jpg
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LINK TO VIDEOS AND DEMOS fitting to our Painting Programm

http://community.how-to-draw-and-paint.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2036495%3ABlogPost%3A581389
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You can find all our Photo Albums and pictures in the Space from our VIrtual Member WATERCOLORS as it w9ould be your own space.

http://community.how-to-draw-and-paint.com/profile/Watercolor
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LINK to NOVEMBER ALBUM:
http://community.how-to-draw-and-paint.com/photo/albums/a6-november-2008-villages
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LINK TO OCTOBER ALBUM
http://community.how-to-draw-and-paint.com/photo/album/show?id=2036495:Album:536792
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YEAR PROGRAMM:
SEPTEMBER 2008: Countryside Landscapes and old farm or houses.
OCTOBER 2008: Autumn Landscapes with all the oranges reds and brown warm colours
NOVEMBER 2008: Towns,Villages, Houses, and Street scenes. Cars and old Cars.
DECEMBER 2008: Still Life ,Christmas and Winter scenes.
JANUARY 2009: Snow and Ice Landscapes,
FEBRUARY 2009: Mountains,Lakes and Rivers.
MARCH 2009: First Flowers: Primroses, Violets and Narcissus.
APRIL 2009 : Spring scenes:Trees in Blossom, more Flowers.
MAY 2009: Animals and Birds that visit your garden and live in your countryside. Wildlife.
JUNI 2009: People in form of carrots or perfect paint, Markets, shops, Windows and Doors.
JUL 2009: Seascapes, Beaches, Cliffs and Rocks.
AUGUST 2009: Marinas, Sailing boats, canoes...and planes.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK Maria. Admin from Watercolors Group. Thank you

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Comment by Gill on November 14, 2008 at 3:41pm: Have made some changes.

Comment by Yasemin on November 13, 2008 at 11:03am: Hi Gill,

This is a lovely painting, but I think it has a little 2d effect, you can't feel the depth easily. In my opinion it would be better if you use more bold colors at the foreground and more grayish blue versions at the background... and more details at the foreground, but less detail at the back. That creates the feeling of depth. And for the brush strokes, try to follow the lines of the field. If you use brush just up and down, it looks like everything flowing down. And it needs a little bit texture maybe. Did you try salt or flour or sponge to creat texture? It's fun!
Again, very lovely painting :) Very well done!

Comment by Maria on November 13, 2008 at 9:54am

Hi Gill
Well the first think you did diferent is the size of the house. You have painted the house too big in proportion to the field.
Have a look:

and this would be more or less the rigth one:

HAve a look to the photo. I made some changes. I took some trees from the front away and add some to be background of the house. Nothing than more boring than to see in a field the trees in an simetrical way. THis gives some dinamich to it.
YOu have painted the shadows of the house in the rigth size, try to paint them just a litle bit longer and to add shadows to the plants around the house as well.

Maybe you could paint the frontside of the house one tone darker than the side where the sun is comming from and the fields of the background with a much ligther tone because if not hey are making the green field to small.

I hope this helps and know I am going to go back to my bed because my husband is protesting...

You did a good aproach, keep on, just some few changes na dyou have it!

Maria

Comment by Gill on November 12, 2008 at 7:40pm

Hi can anyone help me. I painted this picture and there seems to be something wrong can anyone help?

Comment by Maria on November 11, 2008 at 7:24pm: Hi

The grippe keeps me since this morning in the bed, so if I am not answering your posting and letters do not be upset. I hope to be fit very soon and take care as usual from the Group.
Maria

Comment by Maria on November 6, 2008 at 11:53am: TO ALL OUR NEW MEMBERS IN THE NAMEOF THE GROUP AND MINES A WARM WELCOME

Dont regret to ask, to put questions , to make comments, to open comments and to post pictures for the Challenge, asking for critics, advice, etc..

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!

Maria & all the members from the Watercolors Group

Comment by Maria on November 5, 2008 at 11:27am: Hi Doc,
Welcome to the Watercolors Group. Thank you for joining us and I hope that you are not going to have a mess with so many techniques. Watercolors is another story as acrilycs but to make a sketch for your pictures with it is probaly a good Idea.

I envy poeple who can already draw and know how to work with ink. THis alouds you to paint very nice sketch books on holidays.

Sorry to ask you like this but who is your sister-in-law?

Welcome again and enjoy ID&P forumand friends.

Maria

Comment by Doc Ferguson on November 5, 2008 at 1:17am: I just joined the group after some prodding from my sister-in-law. She is a great
water color artist and has been inspirational in my following up on my art after years of absent. I am an acrylic painter and airbrush person besides picking up my pen and inks again. Pen and Ink only allow just that. With pen and ink
I can add water colors and make the transition a bit easier. This is again on
directions of my sister-in-law. I believe she is right. Now its finding time with all my other art to fit in my schedule. What is good is that I can slip down to our public library, do my pen and inks. Return home do some water color washes and be able to get some strokes in with my acrylics. I need to get my one acrylic done in order to get it into the competition for the Wisconsin DNR
wildlife calendar contest. Most are submiting eagles which are plentiful here.
I chose a different subject so hopefully the judges will be eagle blind and note my submission. Doc Ferguson

Comment by Maria on November 5, 2008 at 1:00am: TO ALL OUR NEW MEMBERS IN THE NAMEOF THE GROUP AND MINES A WARM WELCOME

Dont regret to ask, to put questions , to make comments, to open comments and to post pictures for the Challenge, asking for critics, advice, etc..

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!

Maria & all the members from the Watercolors Group.

Comment by Maria on November 5, 2008 at 12:46am: Hi Arne,

THis picture is very good. YOu have painted this scene incredible good. Congratulations for it.