hello,
my opinion as fellow artist:
I like very much background and sky
I personally do not like the flowers and surely the road has no depth, maybe you'd choose a different angle
anyway it's a nice work :)
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Thank you very much for critiqueing my work.
Hello Joyce - What I like about this painting - the colours, the simplicity of design, I find the look pleasing. It has a naive look to it which someone who paints realistically would find hard to emulate. So I can't critique this other than to say it tickles me.
Well, I guess I ask for that one, didn't I !
Hello Joyce - I was thinking along the lines of Grandma Moses when I was looking at and enjoying your painting. Sorry if my comments seemed hurtful.
Not at all, Valerie, think nothing of it! LOL! I knew the painting was not right, was going to trash it, but kept being hesitant about it so I decided to have it critiqued, to see what others had to say about it. I learned a long time ago that to be in this business one has to develope a tough skin. Thank you very much for giving me your true opinion!
don't trash it, it's a good painting!
if I were you I'd try to give a more 3d look to the road and it'd be OK
if you don't manage never mind,. sometimes I ask opinion from a very experienced fellow painter, and he points out the errors when they may be modified else he says, you'd make it better the next time
Thank you' Pagnes. I will see if there is anything I can do. That is why I put it here to be critiqued. I wanted another opinion.
Try making your changes on an acetate overlay, so that you don't mess up what you already have and simply experiment to your heart's content. You will probably surprise yourself with what you come up with.
There are some very good points in this painting. Certainly not a throw away. The first thing my eyes went to was the road. Change the value darker so it doesn't jump out. You've done a good job in not cutting the painting in half. There are three plains of interest: The road, flowers and background. It you were to darken up the road and do more variations in the values of your flowers and lighten up the tree range in the back then the point of interest would be the flowers and fence, which, by the way, is quite impressive.
Thak you, Margo and paartcart! You have all given me alot to think about.I put the painting away for a few days. Thought it would help me to be a little more objective about it. But I will get back to it [sooner than I had planned] and will post it when I am finished. Joyce
Joyce, I think one of the problem if you really want to find one, the flower bed is really detailed but the road is not. That give a off balance to the piece. You need to balance the road and flower bed.
I say that but I find your picture real good already.
my 2 cents...
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well, i think it's just a tiny little detail. It's still awesome!
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Hi,
Coming from a (professional) designer standpoint, this is the type of art that needs to ignore most comments (IMO.) Place you hand to cover up the flowers and the charm is lost. Place your hand over the road and the artwork is a bit less charming/inviting. This work is about the subject matter not technique. It's in a style that I call "take it or leave it." This is absolutely a " take it." It has a definite folk look and is highly sellable. Leave it as is and try to sell it and you'll see. If you go about the marketing correctly, someone will surely snatch it up. Stick in a mailbox (don't do it because I said so) and it will sell even faster. Very charming. Don't change a thing and move on to the next piece.
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