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Barbara Magor, Waterfall
Hi Barbara, good effort
here using a simplified
palette to create a a
complementary colour
scheme. The strong orange
and blue makes for a
dynamic painting.
Two things I’d like to
see you try are to make
softer edges at the base
of the rocks to give the
impression of the water
spray in the air, and also
to lighten the rocks a little
as they recede into the
painting to help give this
some atmosphere—a
sense of misty depth filled
with light. Just changing
those two things will
take this painting to
the next level. Because
you’re using acrylics, use a
water sprayer to keep the
painting and palette wet as
you try to make soft edges.
Keep at it!
Frank Brooks, Falls
Really nice design, Frank. A good variety of
shapes and sizes. The physics falls apart a bit at
the top where the river seems to be all on a single
slanted plane toward us.
Toska Courbron, Waterfall
A captivating painting,
Toska! Beautiful work
making all those interesting
colour variations. I guess
you used masking fluid to
preserve the white of the
water itself? That’s worked
well to allow you to paint
the darks in there, but it’s
left hard edges everywhere
which is more indicative of a
frozen waterfall rather than
the soft edged look of water
in motion.
If you were to paint
this again (because you
only get one shot with
watercolours!) I’d suggest
that you try painting it with
masking, all into moist
paper to achieve softer
edges, which can always be
sharpened up in places with
subsequent washes. You’ve
already achieved that a little
at the base of the waterfall.
I’d also expect to see darker
water and reflections in the
pool. Great work!
Denis King, Waterfall
Really nice work, Denis. All good except for two
small things—the background waterfall is too light
against its cliff and the trees on the right are nearly
clones and could be a bit less regular on the edge of
the foliage—a pattern has formed there presently.
The colour of the sky is too grey for the vibrant
yellow of the cliff. If anything the sky would be
higher chroma in this situation. That’s why it
currently looks a bit like a yellow cliff instead of a
light-filled space.
barré
(Barré)
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