Crazywoman53
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| 04/07/2008 10:46 AM |
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| This is a pastel 9 x 12 ...I did about a month ago. A totally new experience for me in painting people. The reds are stronger than what they really are in the painting .. so the garden is brown not red and the face is not sunburned lol... my question to you after looking at this again.. are the bags.. They still bug me but I am not sure whether to tone them down try a different color or leave them the way they are. I need some input please!!!! |
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1Painter42
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| 04/07/2008 11:13 PM |
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| It's a pretty neat painting. maybe you could try toning down the bags with using some green to define some shadows and folds in it? |
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Justine
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mikec@pols
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| 04/08/2008 5:40 AM |
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I agree with Justine, a little toning down would help...
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"You either grow or regress...nothing stays the same...." (unknown)
"A man may fall several times in life, but he is not a failure until he says that he was pushed..."
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gene
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| 04/09/2008 8:28 AM |
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| I think a lot more contrast in values would help a lot. I would make the head covering much less white. I think I would also make the grasses in the front much warmer than they are. Your drawing of the woman makes it look like she is indeed trudging down the hill. The cool colors of the mountains in the background are very convincing. Thanks for posting. |
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Crazywoman53
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| 04/10/2008 8:56 AM |
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| Thanks everyone.. I am going to rework this piece and will repost it latter on. I am also now considering doing away with the tilled garden in the background and just putting a few more trees. Does anyone thing that might take some of the distraction better? |
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085345n
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| 04/10/2008 10:25 AM |
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| It seems to me that you have the "red" triangle with the woman's face, the garden and her bag. If you take out the garden, you will lose the triangle, which I think helps to ground her. She painted primarily in primary colors, and the background isn't. It the garden is gone, she may float. |
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Kathy Knopf
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LovetoPastel
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| 04/16/2008 8:17 PM |
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| Kathy has some good points... that triangle keeps your eye within the painting. Also maybe you should rethink the titile? If it were a breezy day would there be movement in the grass? I like the contrast between the figure and the background. |
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Crazywoman53
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| 04/17/2008 12:01 PM |
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| Thank you Kathy and Suzanne... I was thinking I needed to change the title.. I guess I was thinking about a chilly spring day and translated that into breezy but it really isn't breezy in the painting is it? lol. perhaps the wind just died down lol.. I think I am more ready now to tackle working on this painting again. It takes me time to think through things and see what I need to do as I hate doing it over and over and over lol.. YOu have all been a big help!!! Thanks Christine |
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