bekenty
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| 05/21/2007 2:16 PM |
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Covered bridges are quite neat and unique. Every one is different. This one is in my home town and spans the presumpscot river, As always, since I am a beginner, I welcome any and all comments. Especially ones that point out my errors. |
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klippie
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| 05/22/2007 1:55 AM |
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Nice painting,
I can really not find much fault with it, perspective is right, light and dark conrast is right.
Maybe just more blue in sky.
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ohsuzanna
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| 05/22/2007 10:02 AM |
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Wow! Very nice
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vikingwife
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| 05/22/2007 9:11 PM |
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I wouldn't have guessed that you're a beginner. I think it looks great 
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mseymour
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| 05/24/2007 10:05 AM |
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| bekenty: I've learned not to use pure white very much, that is, titanium white. I reserve it for highligts. I use parchment, unbleached titanium or zinc white instead. (Those are all Liquitex heavy-body colors.) |
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heatherm
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| 05/24/2007 5:32 PM |
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| i don't use acrylics often but recently took a workshop and was introduced to unbleached titanium white, very nice, helped me blend colors better more like oils, not stark like my usual acrylics. So I might just use acrylics more now though it will never be my primary love - oils and pastels. |
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bekenty
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| 05/24/2007 6:42 PM |
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Thanks for the critiques, I have since used some zinc white and found that it is not quite so opaque. The actual painting is not as stark white as the photo, but it is too white as you both have pointed out. I have thouruoghly enjoyed the comments, and it seems that my 2 postings are not too bad. I'm feeling much more confident. I have tried different subject matter trying to find what I like to do. I will probably post a still life and see what you all have to say about that. Thanks again.
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Tuscansky
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| 05/24/2007 9:56 PM |
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| Nicely done, but I do have one suggestion about the right side of the covered bridge. It looks warped, you may want to shore it up some. If you notice the angle seems to be going from top right toward the bottom left, I think the integrity of the bridge would be better defined with a straight line here. Otherwise, nice shadow work, and agree with above comments about the white. ts |
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heatherm
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| 05/24/2007 10:46 PM |
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| The composition is very good, and the painting of it is excllent. I agree the right side of bridge is slightly off, but no big deal if you don't feel like changing it. This is the trouble with photographs of paintings, there is a lot lost in the translation, and whites become quite stark, and darks lose their highlights. Darn cameras! |
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Antiki
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| 05/29/2007 11:42 PM |
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You did a great job. Keep painting. I learn something new with every painting |
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gene
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| 05/31/2007 11:59 AM |
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| I agree with the above about the right side of the building. That is the first thing that hit my eye. I also would put a lot more color into the snow, saving the white or even off-white for the highlights. It will actually look more like snow than the pure white. I particularly like the way you handled the trees in the far distance. Gives great depth to your scene..............Gene |
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Lola
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| 05/31/2007 7:52 PM |
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| I do think the snow needs more depth, maybe grayed down a bit. But overall it's a great painting. I like the composition alot! |
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DaleZiegler
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| 05/31/2007 8:03 PM |
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| You did a good job. However, I think it would be better compositionally if you moved the bridge just a tad to the right so that we could see the end of the bridge. The end of the bridge almost aligns with the edge of the paper, which bothers me. I like the way you achieved depth by making the distant trees paler and softer. |
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SunsetSue
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| 06/10/2007 11:08 AM |
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| Well done. I really like this. The composition works for me the way it is. |
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