I love these poppies but never got round to painting them as I found the whole composition too flat. In the sketch I changed the lie of the land so that it is a field dipping downhill, rather than flat. I changed the treeline too so that balanced this hill. And I slightly changed the path to make it more defind and "flowing". I would be really happy to hear any comments. This was a really helpful exercise; to really look and analyze the compositional elements and try to find improvements.

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Comment by Mairo Piroue on August 31, 2017 at 23:39

Hi Craig, many thanks for your very helpful comment. I much appreciate you taking the time to give me your advice. Thank you!

Comment by Craig Seaborn on August 26, 2017 at 14:49

Love the sketch  , when you make the painting you could add poppies smaller and greyer along the road to the right of the road which would turn the viewer back into the picture again

Comment by Dorian Aronson on August 5, 2017 at 16:11

Congratulations Mario on your "Beautiful" sketch!  Smiles :-)

Comment by Richard Robinson on August 5, 2017 at 14:41

:-) Beautiful sketch!

Comment by Mairo Piroue on July 4, 2017 at 0:51

Hi Dorian, Many thanks for all your encouraging comments. I see what you mean about the horizion. I will try another sketch to take this into account and see what happens. Smiles to you!

Comment by Dorian Aronson on July 1, 2017 at 9:10

I think the horizon line should not be sloping down in the middle.  Your lie of the land is indicated to me by the road which shows that the land is not flat.  Good work! Happy painting and smiles :-)

Comment by Mairo Piroue on June 27, 2017 at 22:51

Oh Aurelia, thanks a lot. I'm very pleased to get your comment. Yes you're right, I should do a painting of it having done the composition exercise.

Comment by Aurelia Sieberhagen on June 25, 2017 at 21:14

You did an excellent job improving the composition.  Looking forward to see the painting.

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