EASEL OF Michaela Burr
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mpMann on August 1, 2018 at 10:24 amHi Michaela,
Work on pushing the values more. Outside of the lower left corner, the trees, sky, mountain are all of very similar value, temperature and intensity. The greenish yellow you are using for the sky and trees is actually a fairly cool yellow. Perhaps drop some shadows into a deeper blue, and add some hotter, lighter highlights to the trees, or alternately, lower the intensity of the sky, to push it back. Good luck, have fun!
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Ystemet on August 3, 2018 at 12:49 pm
Thank you, that helped a lot. You reminded me that knowing these “rules” in theory doesn’t mean I can apply them properly.
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Lino.Drieghe on August 1, 2018 at 3:19 pmHi Michaela,
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I agree with the previous critique. I would also like to add that the middle to top part looks quite flat because there is almost no value difference there. Even in the same ground (fore-, mid-, or background). I think how you handled the foreground works really well, I would use the same approach in the mid and background as well. Better definitions of shadow areas that go into the distance (perspective). -
Nick_Jizba on August 2, 2018 at 1:31 am
The foreground colors in your piece are working really well, but I think you’re right about it being too busy.
First of all I agree with the other two crits, but I thought I would add a little drawing to help. The pink area needs to be lighter and less saturated, and the purple area needs to be darker and more saturated. Even if you aren’t going for realism keeping some atmospheric perspective in mind will really help sell it as an environment. (sorry about the roughness of the lines I had to draw them with my mouse lol)
You can also create depth with color. Right now you’ve used just about every hue on the spectrum, and they are mixed up in the foreground, midground and background. Try limiting the colors based on lighting and atmospheric perspective. Since you have a yellow sky, and yellow light, you might want to make the background all yellow. Then the midground could be a red/orange/yellow mix, and then use all the colors super saturated in the foreground. There is an artist, Erin Hanson, that does really awesome impressionist oil paintings with exaggerated colors. Her work is a good example of how to use color to create a sense of distance.
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Ystemet on August 3, 2018 at 12:46 pm
Hello Nick, thanks for your great comments. I have googled Erin Hanson – really interesting work.
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Ystemet on August 3, 2018 at 12:37 pm
Thank you all for the feedback. I wanted to re-work this piece for a while now, and you gave me some ideas. Uploading a new sketch, with less saturated colours.
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Michaela Burr
Main interests: traditional, landscape, pen&ink, watercolour, tempera, pastel
I am open to critique
I WOULD LIKE HELP WITH
I simplified the colour scheme to yellow-green, red, with hints of blue - but isn't it too much? My goal was not necessary a realistic approach. What I wanted was to capture brightness of a sunny day.
Thanks for any feedback.
Update: A new preparational sketch based on your comments guys. I tried to separate the background, middleground and foreground with a better value structure. And use less saturated colours. Would be happy for your feedback.
Nice. I wouldn’t mind seeing that foreground tree get a little larger and wrap around to push back against the strong diagonal lines pushing into the left side. The mountain provides a little counter thrust.