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Comment by Jess Paskel on October 26, 2012 at 9:37

Stu,  I tweeked the palms and clouds along with a few shrubs -just re-posted it, let me know if it works any better or not. :)

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on October 26, 2012 at 5:24

Jess, my clouds are somewhat cloned and boring in my painting for this workshop.  Dor actually pointed that out, but I was too lazy to redo it.  Much easier to see others faults than our own.  Keep up your good work; cloning is a natural left brain activity and one of the best ways to get rid of it is by negative painting back into it.  In the case of the palm fronds, this would be done by dragging sky back into the fronds to create more interesting shapes.  
This is a lot harder to do in acrylics than oils (faster drying and color changes when drying for acrylics) but can still be done with traditional acrylics by reworking the area or by going to the newer acrylics like Atelier or Golden Open Acrylics.   Stu

Comment by Jess Paskel on October 26, 2012 at 4:36

 Stu,

Not nitpicky at all!  I appreciate all the suggestions I can get - otherwise I'll never get better!  Thats why were doing these workshops - right?  I've been keeping your suggestion in mind,  but i agree - I have fallen back on cloning.   Going to try harder to work on that!  Thanks!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on October 26, 2012 at 4:20

Jess, this is a little nitpicky, but since you asked, you have a lot of cloning in your left hand foliage.  You need more variation in the palms and other bushes.  Remember your cactuses that I commented on in one of the prior workshops?  This is a tendency we all have.  Your rocks are pretty good, your shadows are fantastic and your water is just terrific.  You could also work on the clouds and their shapes just a little.  But the main thing that grabs my eye is those palm tree fronds; they all look cloned to me.  I hope this helps.   This is really a fabulous painting.   Stu

Comment by Jess Paskel on October 26, 2012 at 4:14

I still feel like something is not quite right  - does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this better?

Comment by Jess Paskel on October 26, 2012 at 4:12

Thank you so much Jennifer and Nancy. :) 

Comment by Nancy Sands on October 25, 2012 at 16:32

The water on the shore looks so real. I want to put my feet in it. Beautiful painting, Jess.

Comment by Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan on October 25, 2012 at 15:07

The water is beautiful!

Comment by Jess Paskel on October 25, 2012 at 12:24

Thank you Barbara :)

Comment by Jess Paskel on October 25, 2012 at 12:22

Thank you Helena, I have to admit I learned alot by studying your painting - you did an amazing job with your sand. :)

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