Arbutus leaves

[prism]

I took this photo at the ocean 2 weeks ago and started it in cp. Then noticed the rocks would look better in watercolour, See what you think. It most likely has another 20 hours to go.

[oozoo]

Oops...I don't think the pic loaded :blushing:

[prism]

something is wacked with my puter, Everything I try to do is not right, Grrr

[oozoo]

It's really beautiful, love the colors!! I do think it's coming accross as pretty static with the values right now...I put it in b&w so you could see what I mean.

[prism]

have no idea what you mean with your critique :confused:

[artfulscribe]

I really like this...beautiful! You have a painterly style, which I love.

I think what Robin meant was that your values (range from dark to light tones) are about the same throughout this piece, which makes the end result appear flatter than it need be. If you make the darkest areas truly dark, and the lighter areas truly light, your painting will take on a whole new dimension. (Converting a drawing into grayscale like she did makes the whole 'values' thing appear more obvious!)

Roxana

[prism]

ahhh I see. I haven't had a chance yet to define darker areas. I need to make the rocks look dimensional still.

[oozoo]

Sorry I was slow in replying, but Roxana did it for me :D That's exactly what I meant. Right now everything is mid to slightly dark value. Once you put in some highlights and deep shadows, this will really pop! I love the color range you use!

[Meisie]

Don't you just love those messy arbutus leaves ;)

Do you have cp on the stones yet? You could always use solvent on the cp for a wc type effect....

Meisie

[prism]

Hi Meisie, I actually used watercolours to help the flow along of the painting. Here is where I'm at now. I thought it would be further along but life ahem cough kids take over.

[Arlene]

much better in terms of color differentiation...and you have an interesting bold style.

...i'd like to see you soften the black lines around the stones a bit. they're so dark and by lightening i believe the leaves will have more prominence and then won't be competing with the lines.

are you using black or is it just the computer scan?

also there is a perspective problem in that the back leaf looks like it's receding a bit into the distance and we're looking at it from an angle and the front leaf looks like we're looking straight down at it. do you want the feeling of depth or are you looking for a flat look?

if it's depth your after then the rear rocks need to recede a bit as does the top of the front leaf.

if it's a flat look then the rear leaf needs to be changed a bit.

[prism]

Actually there is no black at all in the painting. I pretty much always use navy blue to gain that effect. As for dimensions. I'm still deciding I took the photo standing directly over top of the leaves so to be honest I guess I'm going for the flat look not the receding this way or that way look. Wellllllllll back to the drawing board (I'm doing this full time now) see ya :bye1:

[prism]

and the finale! I added more depth to the leaves and the rocks.

[artmasters]

This looks much better. You "rock"

Dave

[prism]

ahahahaha Dave. Rock on! :cool:

[Meisie]

Nice job! :)

Meisie