Walk to the Lake - Oil 12 x 24. Difficult but rewarding lesson!

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Walk to the Lake - Oil 12 x 24. Difficult but rewarding lesson!

Hi Louise, nice work! Very punchy colour and lively brushwork. One drawing issue - be very sure about where the poles for the jetty touch the water. These should be lined up on a straight horizontal line. That’s easy to fix here by glazing over some of the pole bottoms with a blue/green, to make them look like reflections.

Laura's Lake

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Laura's Lake

Hi Agnese, thanks for uploading your painting. It’s tricky squeezing this long scene into a shorter canvas, but you’ve made that work in the design. Let me draw your attention to a few things I think will help you with your next painting. 1. Horizons should be straight and level. 2. Shadows on light objects (like the beach here) are darker than you think. (Squint and compare darks to darks in your scene). 3. Use contrast to direct the eye. The jetty is the star of the show in this painting, so highlighting it more against the dark background makes sense to make it stand out. Keep painting!

A walk to the lake 2 12'x24'

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A walk to the lake 2 12'x24'

Wow, that’s an exciting painting style you’ve got there, Pierre. There’s so much variety, the canvas is really singing with life! Nicely done. I can’t see anything to improve on.

Walk to lake

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Walk to lake

Artist: Anita Costi

First attempt at this one

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First attempt at this one

Solid work here, Estelle. Good drawing, vibrant colour and exciting brushwork. The one big thing I’d like you to look at is just how much colour can be put into the darks. My painting has fairly subdued colour in the darks to start with, but you’ve gone darker with yours, to the point that it looks a little foreboding. Now take that photo of your painting and digitally alter it so that the darks are lighter, and increase the vibrancy, so it magnifies the colour in the darks. See how that feels. The lights will likely be lightened too much as you do that, but just focus on the darks for now. You’ll notice if you paint with more colour in your darks, that the whole painting will seem livelier. Enjoy!

Walk to the Lake, Acrylic

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Walk to the Lake, Acrylic

Hey Tony, nice colourful work with good attention to detail, contrasting with large shapes. The only thing I’d tweak is to have the dock be flat. Just hold a ruler along where the poles touch the water. This should be horizontal. Looking forward to seeing your next one!

A walk to the lake lesson in acrylic 11x14

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A walk to the lake lesson in acrylic 11x14

Artist: Maureen Kerr

Kinloch

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Kinloch

Artist: David Parker

walk to lake

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walk to lake

Artist: joyce lagedrost

Up a Lazy River

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Up a Lazy River

Artist: Nancy Sands

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A Walk to the Lake 2

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Walk to the Lake - Oil 12 x 24. Difficult but rewarding lesson!