PAINT NOV06
17/10/06
1:23 pm
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PAINT
NOVEMBER 2006
It looks like the sky had started to dry by the time you put the lower clouds on, so you need to make sure the sky is still wet or damp to avoid hard edges to the clouds. A damp brush rubbed gently under the distant trees would have softened the line and made that part of the picture slightly gentler. Good colours, well done!’
Derek Oldham (55654) JF ‘The trees could do with some gaps between them, and some tonal variation so they're not all too dark. There's some nice delicate handling of the clouds and a fresh, bright sky. A damp brush run along the bottom line of the Derek Oldham background trees would soften them in the distance, blending them into the ground.’
Alan Manger (61111) JF ‘The red-orange of the sky would have looked brighter if it was slightly paler, allowing the paper to shine through the transparent paint. The Alan Manger field might have been slightly less green and a touch darker to contrast more with the sky, and a few more trees added in the distance. Well done!’
Pat Woodfield (48562) JF ‘Super sky, well handled! Delicate trees and grasses, well painted. I think you just need a little more orange glow on the top of the distant trees with one or two paler areas in the gaps between the trees.’
Frances Harvey
Alan Gordenfelt (6802) JF ‘The blue at the top has been lost in the grey cloud which has been slightly overworked. The field and background trees are nice; I would have painted the foreground tree twigs with a finer brush to achieve a more delicate effect.’
Ted Merewether (48205)
Alan Gordenfelt
JF ‘I like the sky in this. I feel the background trees could be a little softer to have less impact.’
Mr W Bowley (48480)
Pat Woodfield
Emily Jones (57020) JF ‘Nicely painted with good colours, good tonal variation and good contrasts - a very clean-looking fresh picture. Well done!’
Frances Harvey (40203) JF ‘This is a good attempt. I would have Emily Jones made the lower sky slightly less intense orange, but this is only a minor criticism. Well done!’ Next time we will reveal some of the paintings you have produced following Jeremy’s demonstration in the July issue of PAINT – the leafy lane.
JF ‘While there is a good contrast between the sky and the land, I feel the orange part of the sky has become a Ted Merewether little overworked where there are visible brushstrokes. If this happens, get a soaking wet sponge and remove as much paint as possible, then while it's wet, redo the sky. The sun stands out well and there's a nice streak of light across the horizon.’
Mervin Steeples (50101) JF ‘The background sky Mr W Bowley is excellent, but the lower clouds could have been brushed in or worked in a little more while it was wet. I think the background trees are a bit solid and would have benefited from one or two gaps. The foreground tree gets lost against those trees, so I'd have made it a bit stronger where they overlap. Nice fresh colours.’ Mervin Steeples
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