Sunday, March 29, 2009
DSDF Weekly challenge
This is my quick watercolor done from the photo she puts up as a reference. I love these challenges, she doesn't want a carbon copy of the photo, she wants our artists vision for it. I am working on getting better about choosing what to paint and what to leave out. What colors to use, what ones to avoid. I did this fairly quickly, added some pastels. I think it would have been much more powerful if it was vertical not horizontal, plus the guy looking off is a no-no, that is the compostition that should have been changed. I did eliminate lots of people in the background. Its funny, I knew I should move him to either make him a part of their conversation or give him something to look at but......
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4 comments:
Glad to see your challenge piece. They are such great exercises.
Great color in this!!! You probably should have put him on the other side of the people, but I like it this way too. Nicely done!!
I think that this is a time when you can break a composition 'rule'... to me the guy looking off to the right indicates the expanse of the ocean and gives him a daydreamy, contemplative quality, which is what happens at the sea.
(I also did him looking off to the right!:D)
The surf looks great!
I love the addition of the pastels - adds another dimension. You can really see texture and depth to the piece.
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