From up high

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Comment by deb hill on June 4, 2012 at 10:04

This one of my favorites. It has such a great contrast from foreground to the background.

Comment by Rita Long on May 30, 2012 at 2:46

Love, love, love the subtle yet dramatic effect you have produced.  Be proud!

 

Comment by Nancy Sands on May 29, 2012 at 14:15

Beautifully done, Sandra. Isn't it a plus having Richard's critique. It is a plus for the rest of us as well. Good for you!

Comment by Sandra kelly on May 24, 2012 at 17:53

Thanks for the nice comments and the critique i am enjoying these workshops so much to learn and so many great members all doing such great paintings

Comment by Dorian Aronson on May 22, 2012 at 13:41

Hello Sandra

Congratulations on a beautiful well done painting. I enjoyed reading all the good things that Richard  said about your work............... Smiles to you....dor:))

Comment by Richard Robinson on May 22, 2012 at 11:22

"From Up High" 29x42cm" Oil by Sandra Kelly		Resource Photo

Great work Sandra. Finding simplicity was the goal of this exercise and you've managed to keep things simplified despite the larger canvas and the complex subject. You've even managed to simplify the colour banding of the rock strata into four distinct layers. Making all the background have soft edges was a really nice idea and that's lent a real photographic crispness ot the foreground rocks.

All the the colours have a lovely warmth to them which is great to see and in that respect you've jumped ahead of my small study and created colour unity throughout the whole painting which is something I only managed to achieve in my larger studio painting after 2 weeks! Beautiful subtle work there with warm grays in the background and you managed to keep all the values in good relationship with each other there which is not an easy task at all. I do feel that I would like to add a little area of slightly lighter interest in the background area somewhere to the the eye more reason to travel back there.

The one thing that is spoiling the effect of light on your foreground rocks is the colour of the cracks there. If you make those cracks that are within large areas of light just a slightly darker version of the rock colour rather than adding blue to them it will really help with the illusion of strong light. Keep up the good work!

Comment by Dee Berridge on May 21, 2012 at 20:10

Sandra, lovely sense of time and place and wonderful atmospheric perspective