Rees Valley

14 by 11 Acrylic painting on canvas paper.

Trying out the glowing light effect. Had trouble with this one.
I feel like it is missing something, can't put my finger on it.

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Comment by DENIS KING on September 20, 2015 at 12:26: You have captured the glowing effect well Terra but I would tend to agree some of the edges are a bit hard, especially in the background.

Comment by Silke Sauritz on September 18, 2015 at 0:07: Yes, it is not easy sometimes to see what else we could do. Sometimes after some days or weeks when we look at a panting again and have gained experience or just look with fresh eyes, we suddenly see what could be done :-)

Comment by Terra on September 17, 2015 at 3:50: Wow, thanks, this really helps. Hard to critique your own paintings!

Comment by Silke Sauritz on September 17, 2015 at 0:37: Hi Terra, you achieved a nice glow in your painting. I like the colors. What jumps into my eyes are some hard edges and forms that look too straight and unnatural. The two little islands in the river could do with some softer edges and maybe variation of color and/or form for example. And the edges of the two white mountains behind the darker ones, especially the left one have very straight and sharp edges. And there would be some cast shadows with the sun coming from the back. For example from the dark mountain in the foreground. This is what I can say to - hopefully - help :-)