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- 1 to 2 years
Painting is very easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Degas
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Thank you Ed, I'd know my baby anywhere!! You did such a good job on this portrait!! Sunshine is four and a half months old now!!...5 stars from me and Sunshine!!
Wow, Oggy this is awesome!
This is beautiful Andy, love these colors.
Hey you, this is very nice, is that you in the swimsuit :P..I like the fact that you used a photo, look how brave you are getting. I love the water, and the big tree.I think you did a great job.
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Thanks for the praise. As your quote from Degas indicates, it sems the more one does the more complex it becomes. But, it is fun.
Happy Thanksgiving.
RJ
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Enjoy the workshop, let me know how you get on and post the fruits of your day.
Take care,
Dorothy
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Sorry not to get back sooner but I've been looking at your picture of Melling Church and I'm delighted to see you're having a go at the tutorials because all practice is good practice.
And don't worry about jumping to one particular lesson on a later Section. The course is for you to use as you wish. Whatever works best for you....
First I think this is a darn good representation. It looks bright, warm and summery - exactly the atmosphere I was trying to capture in the original.
I particularly like the foreground grasses and middle distance trees which have been done quite loosely - exactly right so as not to compete with the focal point - the church.
Your perspective on the church is pretty well spot on except for the top of the tower which appears to be rising up slightly from right to left. However this can be rectified by gently blotting out that part and when dry going over with a fresh wash above the ridge line. Application of a little pen work is also useful to 'straighten things out' that need it.
Two other minor issues I'd mention (both of which can be easily corrected) are to emphasise the shadow side of the church a little more with another wash of brown paint and some ground shadow here as well. And the same comment for the foreground rock - shadow on the right side and on the floor to the right of it to sit it down on the ground. At the moment it appears to be hovering....
Finally, I'd add a couple more leaf clusters in the foreground tree in the very top left of the painting. This stops the eye going out of the picture here and forces it back towards the church.
Incidentally, a great tip I was given and which I think actually forgot to mention in the course is to hold a mirror upright to one side of your picture. Then view the painting through the mirror. Because everything's seen in reverse, your brain, which has begun to convince itself that the picture is perfect, suddenly has a fresh angle to take in and many little issues like I've mentioned jump out at you.
As I said earlier, all of the points I've mentioned are pretty easily corrected without re-doing the picture and I must say, if you've used 55lb drawing paper to do this picture without it cockling then it's even more creditable.
Hope this helps.
Very well done, keep practising and thanks for your continued support.
Cheers
Bob