Lake Sevan

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Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on March 30, 2015 at 17:06

Beautiful!!

Comment by Riham Afifi on March 13, 2015 at 17:58

Thank you so much Joy M W for the valuable detailed critic, & Im happy that u liked it as well. I agree with u that the foreground of trees has become a bit too noisy.. Also I was not sure about the color of the sky & lake in that time of day. In the reference photo there was not much sky & water showing & the wall of trees in the front was higher. 

Britt Greenland, I agree with you about the focal point, & that was my intention, especially that I started the painting because I was fascinated by how the church seems to be glowing with vivid colors of the late afternoon sunlight. So, thank you so much for liking my painting.

I do have one question, though, the photo seems a bit too dark & muddy.. don't you think so too? In real, it is not so dark,, in fact the colors are more vivd.. so any advice on that?

Comment by Britt Greenland on March 13, 2015 at 11:35

Sorry, Joy, but I have to disagree with you on one point.  One area of crisp clean lines and more detail in an otherwise soft-edge painting is called a "focal point", and it's a technique that Richard Schmidt uses.  I think it's one of the best things about this lovely painting, Riham! Variety of edges makes a painting more interesting to many of us.  

Comment by Britt Greenland on March 13, 2015 at 11:23

Welcome!