Saturday, November 17, 2018

poppy

The first, light washes were very pleasing, then I messed up with the darks.
Plan to try it again, I think I can do better.

9 comments:

Cathy Gatland said...

I've just done the same thing with the darks on a portrait :/ These colours are lovely though, definitely worth another go!

Barbra Joan said...

I'm smiling at reading this.... we make ourselves crazy with the "too light, too dark, not enough dark". This is beautiful. Peonies , one of my favorite to (attempt) to paint.

RH Carpenter said...

Well doing this one again will help, I think. I think the colors are beautiful but I can’t really see what is back and what is forward in the petals. Maybe use this one as a test and, squinting to see just values, change some of them to push-pull a bit more? Anyway, I know you’ll do another and am looking forward to that one :)

Gwen Buchanan said...

Oh I love it... the variations give it life and beauty!!!

laura said...

Thank you, Gwen!

laura said...

I agree, Rhonda. There are some nice passages, and maybe some places where it doesn't matter, but it would help of there were more of a sense of volume

laura said...

Thank you, Cathy. A good chance for me to use some reds--don't seem to use them much@

laura said...

Thank you, Barbra Joan. I try, without always succeeding, to see the good stuff, as well as the things I'd like to do better!

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