Oil Workshop 133Elena Sokolova, Misty waterfall
Very fluid and colourful work Elena! Great to see. You’ve really captured the
tumultuous fall of the water. Especially powerful are the vibrant contrast of
cools and warms and the atmospheric effect created by the lost edges at the
base of each rock. Beautiful!
My only suggestion would be to spend a little more time to soften off the
brushwork in the distant cliff of the waterfall, removing most traces of texture
there and adding more soft mistiness in order to give it more depth. Good job!
Sharon Repple, Waterfall
Great work Sharon! Scott will be chuffed that you put him in there. I’ll
send him a copy. That red/orange is pretty punchy! The colour scheme was
worth a try but to my eye it’s battling against the foreground making an
un-earthly looking scene. What do you think? If you like it, great. If not, try
a different scheme.
The waterfall has been really beautifully painted. I’d just challenge you to
make it recede further up by lightening the values a little and pushing the
colours all toward red a tad. Other than that, all good!
Fay Thomson, Mystic Falls
Beautiful work, Fay. Really nice transitions from dark to light in the falling
water with strong impasto highlights and thin, alluring darks. Great!Student Critiques