tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29018441.post1658262898506596924..comments2023-07-09T05:32:17.800-07:00Comments on Inner Artist: More Works in ProgressGabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110316253802545811noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29018441.post-45455466800310120652012-01-11T08:14:42.043-08:002012-01-11T08:14:42.043-08:00Hi Ken and Sonya, thank you both SO much for your ...Hi Ken and Sonya, thank you both SO much for your comments. You both have made me reassess the sky. Maybe I was forcing my unformed vision on this painting when it wouldn't really fit with what I've got already. I appreciate your feedback so much. It really helped. <br /><br />Sonya, what you said about the sky being like a backdrop cloth really opened my eyes. I love that idea and feel more appreciative of what's there. <br /><br />Ken, I am so glad I'm not the only one who struggles with blues as well as what to use and what not to use from the original source material. I think you may be right about not doing much more with this piece. The bird image is so strong and I don't want to take away from that. <br /><br />Thanks again to both of you!Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086855019663714453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29018441.post-5938615768152396762012-01-10T06:20:05.720-08:002012-01-10T06:20:05.720-08:00Hi Gabrielle,
I'm for leaving the sky as it i...Hi Gabrielle,<br /><br />I'm for leaving the sky as it is. I often find that I'm torn though between colors that look good in the painting but don't look like the original source. Then there's oftne a nagging to get them closer to the source. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. As someone who is tricked on a daily basis into using blues that are too predictable I know the problems of that. And yet sometimes that's just what you see and just what you want to portray.<br /><br />I'd actually be tempted not to do much more with this one. Perhaps a subdued highlight on the leaves and be done. But that's just my take. There are always a million ways to make a successful painting, not that they're ever easily discovered!Ken Januskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984782169460110520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29018441.post-65765581657435753572012-01-09T21:14:53.420-08:002012-01-09T21:14:53.420-08:00Both of these are coming along very nicely, I thin...Both of these are coming along very nicely, I think! I have no suggestions for the blue background for the spoonbill; I actually like it because it *doesn't* look like a sky, but almost like a portrait backdrop cloth. So, it has a feel of being an actual "portrait" painting of the spoonbill, if that makes sense.Sonya Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879889885162011649noreply@blogger.com