Theriot
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| 04/19/2008 2:42 PM |
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Hello everyone, My pay'n job has kept me away from painting but I managed to finish a couple of pieces today. This is an 11 x 14 oil on canvas. critiques & comments welcome of course.
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klippie
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| 04/19/2008 3:32 PM |
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This is stunning.
What colours did you use here.
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Theriot
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| 04/19/2008 3:56 PM |
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Thank you. you are very kind...
the colours? well, the water is based in Thalo Blue. The right tree has Alizarin Crimson mixed with some french ultra-marine. There is Thalo Green in some of the background. I made my orange with Lemon Yellow and Cad Red then mixed Yello Ochre and white to get that tint. Of course Sap green shades and tints are in there and a lot of it was very ad lib colours.
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mikec@pols
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| 04/20/2008 9:13 AM |
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Nice work, Robert!
Very inviting...
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2d
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| 04/20/2008 9:25 AM |
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While a tree may grow out of the side of a hill, the tree would still grow upright such as the tree on the right.
Other than that, you've used beautiful colors and made the most pleasant woodland scene. |
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billmahler
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| 04/20/2008 9:17 PM |
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I like your storybook feeling. The centering of the stream might be cutting the picture in half, tho
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Theriot
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| 04/21/2008 10:25 AM |
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Thank you Mike, 2d, Bill for your replies.
Bill, could you please elaborate a little for me about the composition. I sort of understand the rules against symetrical composition and I guess that's why I put the orange tree higher up the hill and growing angled as some trees really do.
I suppose I am wanting to know what placement of the crick would you like to have seen? I want to do more paintings like this and want to make them more appealing to the viewer. I love your work Bill, and any advice would be appreciated.
Jump in anybody please? |
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billmahler
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| 04/21/2008 5:14 PM |
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Well, this is purely my theory, not Rembrandt's or anyone else's so please take it with a large box of salt.
Balancing a composition, I think, is like balancing human activity
Put two countries of equal size next to each other and they tend to compete and cause trouble because neither agress on who is dominant.
Let one of them get a powerful ally and that group becomes clearly dominant and there's a better chance for harmony.
I think that music, painting, poetry and all art form need that kind of imbalance, where the viewer is clearly directed to the dominant element while enjoying the subordinate elements along the way. If no element is dominant, the viewer is confused.
I think that's the source of the notion that a still life should contain an odd number of elements. The viewer will instinctively create a dominant group if the number is odd, but can't do that if the number is even.
With that long-winded preamble let's look at your picture.
Niether side of the water can be considered dominant. We might try to consider the water the dominant element, but those beautifully painted large trees won't let us.
One answer might be to give one of them a weaker partner. I'm thinking out loud about a lower tree closer to me on my right. Maybe the viewer would enter on the lower left, follow the stream to that lovely orange tree, turn right at the large tree across the stream and settle on its smaller partner in front of it.
Redirecting the stream is another choice, but I think I might try unblancing the composition first.
On the one hand, a third tree, placed on either side of the water might make that side dominant and solve the problem.
On the other hand you might want |
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Theriot
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| 04/22/2008 10:53 AM |
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Wow. I do understand better what things I should consider more. Thank you for indulging me. I probably won't touch this painting with the improvements but the next should be better. Composition, perspective, shadows, light, balance, imbalance, line, texture, form, tone, values,...etc. It's funny,
The more I paint, the more I have to learn!
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lindaroc
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| 04/22/2008 7:37 PM |
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| I just want to say three words "I love it"! Love the colour and the layout/ expecially the overall expression of the picture. |
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Theriot
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| 04/23/2008 8:55 AM |
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| Thank you so much Linda. Your reaction is why I paint |
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BecArt
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| 04/30/2008 3:19 PM |
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| Your painting is so beautiful! I love it! |
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Theriot
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| 05/06/2008 12:13 AM |
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thank you. I found a nice frame for it and donated it to our church's Live Auction this past weekend and it sold for $300. I was very pleased with that price for my art. And! I got two commissions to do some big landscapes for their homes. A first for me. Below is my 11x14 with it's frame.
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billmahler
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| 05/06/2008 7:07 AM |
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| Congratulations, Robert!!!! |
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mikec@pols
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| 05/07/2008 2:33 PM |
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Congrats, Robert!!!! Looks fantstic framed...
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luvtopaint
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| 05/10/2008 7:00 AM |
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| Your painting looks fantastic in that beautiful frame. |
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