The Bluff

Oil on canvas paper. I didn't measure, but I think it's about a 5"x9".
This is closer to a "study" than a finished painting. I was just slapping down paint because want to keep a loose style, but I don't know how to reconcile that with the delicacy of creating recognizable features. I look at Tibor Nagy and everything looks so abstract and energetic, but you can also see how carefully he planned certain strokes. Oh how I wish I could paint like that!

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Comment by Denise Maxwell on October 24, 2011 at 14:02: Hello Natasha, as a study this is great. I was watching for a finished painting. Now that you've seen Richards video do you think it will happen. My only suggestion here would be to consider a stronger value difference between the light and shade side of your foreground tree and also the tree as a whole could be more saturated with deeper colors, so it's value stands out from the background.

Comment by Annemieke Batorfi on October 22, 2011 at 7:55: don't try to fix it

Comment by susie gregory on October 19, 2011 at 2:01: amen about tibor nagy!!...i really like the looseness of this - maybe a bit of variation in the size of the trees on the left?..i like the bit of darker area on the lower right..lets your eye get into the picture..

Comment by Natasha Nashadka on October 15, 2011 at 11:28: Thanks for the compliments and criticisms. It is invaluable to learn of the troubles I've failed to notice. Now fixing the problem - that's quite the trick.

Comment by Annemieke Batorfi on October 15, 2011 at 0:58: I like this very much

Comment by Casey Toussaint on October 14, 2011 at 21:33: I like your palette - the warm grass against the misty gray background. It looks like a storm is rolling in.

Comment by Richard Robinson on October 14, 2011 at 9:41: Yeah same here. Practice practice eh. I like your study. Grey vs color - nice. Watch your tree kissing the right side of the painting. Normally as water gets closer to you and you are looking more vertically through the surface you can see more of the color of the green/brown bottom coming through - that's something that makes water look like water.

Comment by Sharon Casavant on October 14, 2011 at 9:24: I like it! I love the warm/cool relationships and how you arranged things to bring the eye down the river... but when I get to the end, I seem to want to see more... maybe a little spotlight effect of lighter sky and mountain with snow on it?