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Subject: What do ya think

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MYK

Posts:5
05/12/2007 12:37 PM Alert 

Hi all, I am brand new to the world of painting. Actually I am brand new to any kind of art. I have done maybe 8 or 9 paintings and finally think I am getting it. Anyway I would love some feedback. This is a painting of Mount Baker, Washington. Thanks, Myk

8x10 pine plaque

 





vikingwife

Posts:882
05/12/2007 1:27 PM Alert 
I think your off to a wonderful start! The mountains look fantastic! If this is your beginning.....I think we can expect to see great things from you.

Jess
heatherm

Posts:2120
05/12/2007 6:05 PM Alert 
Yes this is certainly a great beginning, looking forward to what you do next.
Heather

http://www.heatherartist.com
bluiiz
Posts:522
05/12/2007 6:40 PM Alert 
Yes a wonderful beginning! The dark foreground the light on the mountain tops, the sunset, the misty clouds, you must be a fast learner, hope you keep painting, you'll just get better and better!
Anna
MYK

Posts:5
05/13/2007 9:36 AM Alert 
Thank you all for your kind words. I never knew painting could be so addicting! Everywhere I look I find myself saying "How can I paint that?" I might have to get a second job to keep myself in supplies.
heatherm

Posts:2120
05/13/2007 11:06 AM Alert 
Welcome to a healthy addiction. I think most of us here suffer from it. I know I do!
Heather

http://www.heatherartist.com
Jim

Posts:2337
05/13/2007 12:11 PM Alert 
Great job Myk! You have a great eye for color
and balance. Keep it up.
Jim

www.paintingsbyjim
All the best,
Jim

www.paintingsbyjim.com
gene
Posts:1245
05/13/2007 3:04 PM Alert 
Good job! If I were you, I'd add more detail to the trees in the foreground. I agree with the others that the mountains are great!............Gene
one who sees

Posts:508
05/15/2007 8:19 AM Alert 
hi and welcome to our addiction! its a wonderful lil painting...and does show that you ~get it~..the soft blending of the sky.....the more striking light on the mt...and the foreground...
i do agree with the comment about the trees, by gene, that one slightly off center and to the left especially....but sometimes you dont want to hang the viewers eye up to close to the foreground with details, so they dont enter the painting.....so its a balance of effects.....remembering that our eyes...tend to softly blur details that are to the sides, periphreal vison, helps create the illusion of viewing a vista such as this....

the lil pathway ? i think tends to shorten the depth of the painting by going straight in...rather than a bit of a curve, or winding path...be careful too, of sticking that in the middle....sometimes you can make it work..other times that can be a nightmare probl
~I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it~
Vincent Van Gogh

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MYK

Posts:5
05/15/2007 10:46 AM Alert 
You guys rock! I appreciate all the comments and suggestions. Yea I think my forgrounds do need some more practice/work. But with feedback like this I'm sure the little details will come together.
Anna
Posts:131
05/16/2007 10:04 AM Alert 
Hi MYK,
This is a nice painting.
welcome to the forum.
Anna.
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