Sunday, January 18, 2009

Snow landscapes


The first painting, after I took the photo, I put the snow back into the middle of the road, I like it better, I will see tomorrow, if it stays. Not much more to do to this one. When it is dry, I want to add the white snow highlights is all I think.

The second painting, the vegetation is showing a darker than in person, but it is close. The snow is reading correctly. I have been working on it every day. I am mixing my oil paints with liquin now to get them the constituency I want, and I sit the paintings in from of my fan every night to dry. They do dry over night, enough for me to work on the next day. I have the fences on either side of the track to paint in still on this one

5 comments:

  1. First painting...Think the sky is a little dark near the horizon and the distant hills needs more shadow...I like the road and the snow in the middle...looking good so far ;)

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  2. Oops...posted it before I critiqued the second painting lol

    Second painting...It's a little blotchy probably due to the still wet paint, so it's hard to see properly...the sky looks a little dark at the horizon line is all I can see that needs tweaking more...looking good though ;)

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  3. JJ I love the second painting ....the snow looks so real ....well done!

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  4. I like the second painting best ...the compositon is better...not so central. In the first one every thing is divided pretty well equally.
    The only thing I would do in the second one is add some colour variation in the brown bushes....otherwise ...looks great!

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  5. Thanks guys. The second one isn't finished yet. It is dry enough to work on today, yippee. I want to get those fence posts in..

    I was hoping for a better crit, Sandy on the first one ;-) I know you are busy though so that is ok. I was wondering if the foreground was too bland?

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