My painting of Michael Severin's STEP BY STEP DEMO: GRANITE ABOVE KENNEDY MEADOW

Michael was kind enough to create a demo on his blog and he gave me permission to post my finished painting. All those greens were a challenge...creating atmosphere and right tone of depth, highlighting...there is much to learn. Open to feedback ALWAYS!

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Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on February 18, 2014 at 10:19: Oh yes,wow!

Comment by Ningning Li on June 26, 2013 at 10:14: Wow, A Great Piece!

Comment by Linda L. Kano on June 14, 2013 at 10:38: Thanks Michael. I've copied and pasted your comments from mine and the two pictures you commented on and will put them in Word for further study. Greens are something to conquer! Back to painting paint charts!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on June 14, 2013 at 10:31: Very nice Linda!!! I see you decided to make it look a little deserty? ..that's okay!. You really nailed the sky and background mountains. Your tree values are real good ..especially between the large stand of pines on the right middle ground and the distant trees on the distant peak!! ..that is excellent! I would like to see more variety in your greens, i.e., warm/cool, dull, bright, etc You have a hint of sienna color in the left middle ground trees, that is nice, and it could have been repeated elsewhere in your trees. the cliff might be a little to high chroma? (it might be the photo?) The top light on the cliff is much to warm ..take some sunlight rock color and scumble over that, leaving some of the dark brown to show ..which would represent small changes of plane. I think I have mentioned this to everyone who did this painting ...mix up a larger variety of greens!! Don't put so much white into your greens. As your greens come forward, they should be a little more warmer...your foreground willow bush is actually cooler then the background greens!! The value of your dark in the close willow bush should have more warmth bouncing up into it. Using that value as your guide, the other tree dark values should be progessively lighter as they recede. All your dark values from front to back are the same ....take some cool green middle value light, and put highlights on the trees below the cliff ..rim lighting ..those trees wiill then come forward of the mountain and into the light!!! Those are just minor fixes. This was not an easy painting, but you did it well. I am sitting here really admiring your background peaks and clouds. Oh, by the way, your very distant mountain on the left, is too warm, make it a more blue/violet ..somewhat like the right hand peaks.

Comment by Linda L. Kano on June 11, 2013 at 8:48: Betsy, you might want to give it a try... You never know, your painting might turn out better than mine!!!

Comment by Betsy Jenkins on June 11, 2013 at 8:42: Wow! I don't think I could have done half as well. Very, very nice. Bravo to you for taking it on!

Comment by Linda L. Kano on June 11, 2013 at 3:25: Thank you Laura and Silvana...I look forward to seeing your painting someday. I'm retired so I have more time than you two. Stu, I continue to learn a lot from all the helpful comments you and Michael provide for me and others & I often copy and paste them in Word for further study. So thank you!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on June 10, 2013 at 14:58: Nice going Linda! This came out very well. Michael is an excellent painting instructor! And you are an adept student as well. Stu

Comment by Silvana M Albano on June 10, 2013 at 9:23: Great job Linda! I hope to have the time to tackle it too...

Comment by Laura Xu on June 10, 2013 at 5:16: Linda, you really did good job! Specifically the trees that i like a lot. I will learn from you. I have not finish mine yet. I will post it once it is done or I send Michael first.