Fall Color

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Comment by Xiao Li on January 3, 2017 at 14:18

It was very nice of you Craig to comment on my painting. Thank you very much!

Comment by Craig Seaborn on January 3, 2017 at 9:16

Nice background/sky  carried in to the reflection.

Comment by Xiao Li on December 17, 2016 at 6:27

Ha! very well! I'll do that. Thanks!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on December 17, 2016 at 2:25

Hi Xiao.  I think all you need to do on the trees is to take the sky and mountain color and whittle down that tallest tree on the left so it is shorter than the other two .... so you have a Baby, Papa, Mommy configuration.

Comment by Xiao Li on December 17, 2016 at 1:27

Michael, thank you very much for the analysis. I like your analysis  on the reflections: "Lights get darker and grayer, and darks get lighter and grayer". Very interesting. You have so many your own observations on landscape painting. When you are going to write them all down? That will be a very good book for landscape painting artists. About the trees on the leaf, I realized they were very similar and I have tried to change it by adding another tree slightly different color behind and adding the smaller trees in front to make it read more like a group instead of the individual trees, also I was trying to use different sky hole to distinguish them. Well, it seems I did not change them enough. I will try to see what I can do. Thank you for you comments Michael. They are always so informative.

Comment by Michael J. Severin on December 16, 2016 at 13:18

Wonderful color here Xiao!  Well established focal point, unequal masses, and good eye movement to the Focal area.  Here is a few things you might want to think about:  Reflections in the water go like this:  Lights get darker and grayer, and darks get lighter and grayer.  In your painting, the reflections of the mountains and sky would be a darker and grayer blue, your greens would be a little grayer and lighter in the reflections.  Also, try not to make a perfect mirror image .. even if it was actually that way.  The 3 red trees are too similar ... try making each one a little different in shape and size.  It is very difficult to discern what direction the sunlight is coming from? .. I see a shadow on the right part of the bridge, so I guess it is coming from the right? .. suggestion:  Play up that shadow a little more and get rid of the trees hovering over the top of the bridge. Okay, just little things to think about .. still a very good painting!