Crown Range Workshop17

11" x 14" acrylic on board

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Comment by Cheryl Lipham on January 25, 2013 at 11:27: Joy, I used a filbert bristle brush. I painted the base of the plant in a dark color, let it dry to tacky, then brushed the middle color in. After that was tacky I brushed in the lighter top of the bush. All these strokes were made from the bottom going upward using the side of the brush...splaying the bristles out. I hope you understood that! ha! That's the first time I had to explain a brush stroke! Good luck!

Comment by Ningning Li on January 25, 2013 at 7:11: I like it. Especially I love those texture at the foreground. So realistic! This painting must be a scene at late afternoon. Very good job. Yes, you could move that beautiful red bush from edge to the center a bit as Joy point it out.

Comment by Cheryl Lipham on January 25, 2013 at 4:25: Joy, thanks so much for your comments! I appreciate your ideas.

Comment by Cheryl Lipham on January 24, 2013 at 14:19: Thanks Adriana. I tried to blend the two pics together because I really was drawn to the longer pathway, but also loved the frosted ground...so that's how the composition happened. I'm glad you like it!

Comment by Adriana Guidi on January 24, 2013 at 11:58: Nice! Love the shadows in the fore ground then the sun shining on the rest of the field.

Comment by Cheryl Lipham on January 21, 2013 at 15:41: Thanks Judy and Stu for your comments. I wasn't really sure where to put the tree to the left. I added it because my field just dropped off to the left and I knew it needed something to 'stop the viewer from leaving the scene'...knowing the concept and pulling it off are two different things. So, I should move it to the right. But Stu you said put the whole tree in shadow, but the light source hits it even if I move it to the right. Are you saying bring it forward into the shadowing of the foreground? You also suggested cutting the saturation of the colors...do you mean dull it down to a more shadowed color? You have to remember I'm a newby on this and am not sure about the technical aspects of painting! I really appreciate your and Judy's very helpful notes.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on January 21, 2013 at 14:09: Cheryl, Judy is right; your tree is kissing the edge of the canvas. Another thing you could do would be to cut the saturation of the colors in the front tree especially near the edge of the canvas, or put the whole tree in shadow and pump up the color in your distant trees. It is still a very good painting, and if it were mine, I wouldn't try and fix it until the workshop is over. Stu

Comment by Judy Hill on January 21, 2013 at 13:40: A very nice softness to this painting, i really like the foreground work...beautiful! one suggestion, move the left side large tree into a focal point area. It pulls your eye off the left edge of the canvas.