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LMB

Posts:455
10/28/2008 11:19 PM Alert 

Hi Everyone,

I did not like this painting the first time I did it and completely wiped it off the canvas and started over.  I don't think that I've improved it.  It is 11x14, oil on canvas. 

Leon 





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quand le coeur est dans un bon endroit tout est possible
when the heart is in a good place all is possible
Maggie429

Posts:467
10/29/2008 7:32 AM Alert 
Hi Leon - Love the background. The wheat in the front, maybe a bit more dark ocre into it. From here is is very white?

Mgi
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Maggie429

Posts:467
10/29/2008 10:24 AM Alert 
I have a question - when you wipe off and start over, how do you deal with 'old' ghost lines from the original painting. I have a problem with a large one I did, and I scraped a couple of spots off, but I still see the ghost outline of the paint underneath? (noticed it once it was dry).  Do you know if a varnish will diminish these lines or make it stand out more?
Mgi
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Priti
Posts:237
10/29/2008 12:27 PM Alert 
Beautiful painting - i like everything about it except the white in the foreground. The white itself is fine just the shape around it maybe too big. Just MHO.
Priti
http://priti-fine-art.blogspot.com/
tami

Posts:32
10/29/2008 12:44 PM Alert 
I like this...but I agree..adding some of the gold tones of the tree in the background to the foreground would help.
"Once you get yourself out of the way, you can see everything the way it is. Your self isn't blocking the world from you once you've side-stepped its shadow. ~from The Good Husband
Jim

Posts:2355
10/29/2008 1:59 PM Alert 
Hey Leon,
My problem is not being able to focus on something.
What do you want us to see here? I don't see a problem
with layout. The way your upper hill flows into the yellow tree and then
back into the body of the painting is good. I think you just need to punch up
some tonal values and make something pop! Like the white section.
All the best,
Jim

www.paintingsbyjim.com
Snowartist

Posts:196
11/01/2008 6:25 AM Alert 
I love the bush in the front. I think the yellow tree in the background might be too saturated. If it was grayed a little it would push back.
Kassie

Posts:339
11/02/2008 9:58 PM Alert 
LMB
It kinda looks like two different pictures. If you brought more of the gold tones into the front bush it would unify it.
Kathy
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