This is a mixed (water)media painting of mostly acrylic and then a little gesso on arches 140 lbs paper.
I'm a transparent watercolorist but I will give you my opinion. I like the trees on the left. But the ones on the right, including the hillside are the same. They don't even change in value. The road doesn't seem to belong the the same color scheme and does not change from front to back so there is no feeling of the road getting farther away. I can't tell which direction the light source is coming from but it seems like trees on one side or the other should be casting a shadow across the road.
I hope this is info you can use in the future.
Thank you for your comments.
There wasn't much light as it was the end of the day; there weren't any shadows at all or much of a value change. It is a dark painting in the trees, which are actually dead mature lodgepoles.
Again, thank you for these observations. I will keep these considerations in mind.
You are the artist. The scene is as you paint it. You don't have to reproduce what you see. Seldom is a scene properly composed and who wants to wait all day for just the right conditions.
Well, I guess we disagree OP. To me, this is realistic. I live up in the mountains of north Georgia. This scene takes place around here very often in the fall, so it seems real to me. And, I like the way she has portrayed the trees and shadows.
There are, sunsets painted by western artists that do not look like sunsets to me.I think it is what feels comfortable seeing.
Of course, I agree that an artist has "legal rights" to modify any scene.They also have the right to paint it as they see it too.
I feel the sun setting in this painting and I applaud you Abbie.
I am just happy to get any kind of feedback!
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