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Love them! I like the "northern lights" kind of glow on the right hand one and I really like the depth and little hill you got going on the left hand one.
Great work! Both have their own things I like! I like the hill in the left one, but prefer the trees in the right one - especially because they seem to really pop out!
Mad skillz one and all--really nice! ...I'd be tempted to join as I've been wanting to try watercolors for awhile, but time. Never enough of it. ...And I'm retired fer crissakes!
Thank you, @30pics4jackiesdiamond
That's my favourite as well. It is definitely better. It is the second attempt, in which I tried to avoid some of the mistakes I made in the first attempt.
Practice makes perfect as evidenced by the improvements you made in your second painting. This is where I struggle because watercolor is a new medium for me. I think you have done an excellent job with both of these and I especially like that you showed us the improvement
Thank you @onewing and @grammyn
Well, @grammyn , I was equally amazed at the second outcome. I am convinced that talent is a gift, and I am not sure if i've got it. (Well, i know i don't, because I really am not that artsy myself). What I have got instead of talent is an interest, a curiosity, a will to try and fail, to flog myself every now and then, and then to come back.
I am one of the lucky ones who have looked for and found out what they like and enjoy.
And I am grateful for my guardian angels that jolt me when i slide the shitty slope (because i do that :D ).
i've convinced myself that i'm not ready to tackle on a painting using watercolour. it's an entirely different animal that needs a different kind of thinking and attitude. i'm just getting comfortable with acrylique which i think is more forgiving than oil or watercolour, although i must admit i've not tried either mediums. my sister is an ace with all three mediums, and can paint with just looking at the subject and sometimes from memory. i have to eat a lot of rice and tempura before i could get anywhere near her talent. and yes, like you, what i have is interest, enough to try something on, then move on if i deem it's not really for me.
i like both of your takes and how you modified them to make it your own. the birches look more the thing, they being straight. i don't know what made me paint them crooked because i've always seen birches with straight trunks. but the pine trees in the background, i've since corrected so that they were straight. and that is what i like about acrylique, you can always change something without repeating the whole thing. i don't know if that's the case with watercolour.
Thank you very much, @ludwigsdiana and @summerfield
Diana, i love that green, too.
Vikki i totally agree. Acrilycs are my favourite as well, because they are so forgiving and submissive. And you are in control. Whereas watercolour has its own will. You need a lot of practice to get it right, and even then... but on the other hand, watercolor 'forces' you to loosen up. It cries for that, and i find it very good against my tightness and rigour. It forces you to have an open mind about painting.
I haven't tried oils, and i intend to let it as it is.
As for painting from memory or from imagination, i think that is when talent comes in. For now and for myself, i am content to be able to look at something and give it a shape that doesn't hurt the eye. :D
where are the tutorials?
@annied Here is the link to this one https://youtu.be/a1D-ptDJLpg (I can;t remember exactly how I got it from Jackie)
@aikiuser - you're scaring me now. I am so looking forward for retirement so that I can have more time for this stuff. :D
@aikiuser jenn I've been retired 28 days, starting in lockdown was probably not a good thing!!!
That's my favourite as well. It is definitely better. It is the second attempt, in which I tried to avoid some of the mistakes I made in the first attempt.
Well, @grammyn , I was equally amazed at the second outcome. I am convinced that talent is a gift, and I am not sure if i've got it. (Well, i know i don't, because I really am not that artsy myself). What I have got instead of talent is an interest, a curiosity, a will to try and fail, to flog myself every now and then, and then to come back.
I am one of the lucky ones who have looked for and found out what they like and enjoy.
And I am grateful for my guardian angels that jolt me when i slide the shitty slope (because i do that :D ).
i like both of your takes and how you modified them to make it your own. the birches look more the thing, they being straight. i don't know what made me paint them crooked because i've always seen birches with straight trunks. but the pine trees in the background, i've since corrected so that they were straight. and that is what i like about acrylique, you can always change something without repeating the whole thing. i don't know if that's the case with watercolour.
aces for both, my friend. aces!
Diana, i love that green, too.
Vikki i totally agree. Acrilycs are my favourite as well, because they are so forgiving and submissive. And you are in control. Whereas watercolour has its own will. You need a lot of practice to get it right, and even then... but on the other hand, watercolor 'forces' you to loosen up. It cries for that, and i find it very good against my tightness and rigour. It forces you to have an open mind about painting.
I haven't tried oils, and i intend to let it as it is.
As for painting from memory or from imagination, i think that is when talent comes in. For now and for myself, i am content to be able to look at something and give it a shape that doesn't hurt the eye. :D