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Related: About this forumDid a pastel painting of a waterfall.
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Thank you to anyone who looks at this. Very grateful for any critiques.
I just keep playing with my soft pastels, trying to learn and get better.
hlthe2b
(102,298 posts)especially the sense of light coming through the heavy forest
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(9,762 posts)lark
(23,123 posts)I'd love to sit by that stream, soaking in the beauty.
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(9,762 posts)Walleye
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(9,762 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)Green Mansions. I felt first calm, then excited, and now Inspired. Thank you.
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(9,762 posts)claudette
(3,579 posts)Soft pastels amidst darker shades. Wonderfully done.
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(9,762 posts)blm
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(9,762 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,012 posts)I never could get the hang of pastels. Everything I tried turned out to be a smeary mess.
Id say you definitely have the technique and the talent. This is just beautiful.
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(9,762 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,461 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)Ferrets are Cool
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(9,762 posts)MLAA
(17,300 posts)The water pool is glass like while the water fall is lace in motion. The lichen looks spongy and touchable. The light slipping in is just right. Youve done a fantastic job.
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(9,762 posts)cate94
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(9,762 posts)PatSeg
(47,513 posts)I love working with pastels.
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(9,762 posts)CousinIT
(9,247 posts).reminds me a bit of Monet.
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(9,762 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)It makes me feel good. Did you set up an easel on site?
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(9,762 posts)area51
(11,912 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)samplegirl
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(9,762 posts)Butterflylady
(3,544 posts)The color of the mounting is somewhat off. Something lighter would be better.
soldierant
(6,890 posts)I'm not sure I agree. the black and the brown used are both in the image, and the combination makes me feel as if I am coming out of a cave to that scene, and I find that uplifting.
There are many ways of selecting matting and framing, and they are not always equally good, but sometimes they are good for different purposes. If the artist wanted to make the image look bigger, you are correct - that combo doesn't to that.
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(9,762 posts)Dave in VA
(2,037 posts)wow!
Stunningly beautiful!
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(9,762 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,594 posts)I love it!
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(9,762 posts)amazona10
(8 posts)I do pastels, such a wonderful medium. Congratulations!! this is superb and I am there.....
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(9,762 posts)jaxexpat
(6,837 posts)I'd pay some money for it.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)I own a small cottage on Keuka, and we always know our long drive from the greater Chicago area is just about over when we see the sign for Watkins Glen on Route 54.
jaxexpat
(6,837 posts)Plenty of gravel roads through the vineyards. Seismic exploration in the winters was mostly painful as I recall.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...and Hammondsport. We have a great view of the bluff. My favorite vineyard is Bully Hill.
jaxexpat
(6,837 posts)Looks like those wineries there are pretty much abandoned from my Google Earth automobile. It was a busy place in 1975. Time passes. Bully Hill indeed. Best scenery around the area. To be that young again.
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(9,762 posts)niyad
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(9,762 posts)3catwoman3
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into the pool below.
If you were selling it, I would buy it.
Is this a real place or somewhere. Created in your imagination?
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Interesting how the painting activates our sensory systems.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)artistic talent. The only thing I can paint is walls -
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)housecat
(3,121 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)People ask my advice on house decor, clothing, etc.
Because I can put things together in a pleasing visual.
When I sold my last house, the gal who bought it asked me who staged my
home for sale. I was surprised and said, I didn't stage it. This is just how
my house looks. She couldn't believe it.
That said, I am not near as good a professional designer of course.
housecat
(3,121 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,393 posts)so close to home where I would climb down the steep wooded hill to play along the rushing rock creek to get to big boulders where I'd sit near the quiet pools.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)This work sure does it.
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(9,762 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,393 posts)so close to home where I would climb down a steep wooded hill to play along the rushing rock creek to get to big boulders where I'd sit near the quiet pools.
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(9,762 posts)multigraincracker
(32,690 posts)numbered signed prints would do well
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(9,762 posts)orleans
(34,061 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)housecat
(3,121 posts)colors or anything you'd like to try.
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(9,762 posts)judesedit
(4,439 posts)Thanks for sharing.
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(9,762 posts)Ocelot II
(115,748 posts)Wish I could do something with pastels besides make a smeary mess, but you seem to have figured it out. Really nice work.
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(9,762 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,816 posts)Beautiful!
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(9,762 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)Great job.
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(9,762 posts)sabrams
(13 posts)I cant see anything to dislike about your piece. I even like your mounting.
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(9,762 posts)MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)Peaceful. Calming. Just beautiful.
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(9,762 posts)Rebl2
(13,528 posts)I see the movement in the waterfall. Beautiful colors and very calming.
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(9,762 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)I could look at this painting every day. I love waterfalls and woods. You are very talented.
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(9,762 posts)ms liberty
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(9,762 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,157 posts)I could hear the water, smell the woods feel the ground beneath my feet. I cant imagine what it would be like to see the picture in reality. Thank you for sharing.
As is said, I dont know much about art, but I know what moves me. This moved me.
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(9,762 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)The composition and colours are perfect. It's not at all hard for me to look at it and see it as one of my wife's....which, for me, is high praise indeed. When she finished high school, she was tracked down and recruited by an art college. She declined, in favour of social work, which she also loved. Still does.
She has a little niche now, doing the occasional commission, selling a piece here and there through businesses willing to hang them, but her main source of (admittedly small) revenue is pet portraits.
I say the foregoing as a way of underlining my assertion that comparing your work to hers is not a pedestrian, half-baked compliment.. Nice work!!!
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(9,762 posts)Sogo
(4,986 posts)It looks very realistic and very dreamy at the same time....
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(9,762 posts)Escurumbele
(3,396 posts)I am also an artist, but I don't dare to touch pastels...very good job. I love the depth, it makes me want to jump in the water and swim all the way to the end. Well done.
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(9,762 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)it is a peaceful scene. These days, welcome
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(9,762 posts)Trueblue Texan
(2,430 posts)It all looks so easy when it's already done! Love the layers of color in the foreground and the sun shining in the back. Thank you for sharing!
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(9,762 posts)ornotna
(10,803 posts)That's very nice.
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(9,762 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)11 Bravo
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(9,762 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)my Mom had a painting of a path through the woods. I would look at that for what seemed like hours and daydreamed where the path would lead me.
This painting brings up that same emotion. Well done!
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(9,762 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,328 posts)Well done, LiberalLoner.
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(9,762 posts)democrank
(11,096 posts)Thank you for posting this
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(9,762 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)Joinfortmill
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(9,762 posts)bif
(22,722 posts)Beautiful work!
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(9,762 posts)orangecrush
(19,578 posts)And thank you for sharing.
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(9,762 posts)hwmnbn
(4,279 posts)of the same color! How do you get so many shades of GREEN in one painting? Amazing.
Idiot question coming up...
This is one of a kind painting, if someone offered a gazillion dollars, is there anyway you could reproduce this? Or even close?
I say there is no way. Hence the idiot question.
LiberalLoner, you got mad skilz!
Thanks for sharing your talent.
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)I didnt do a duplicate today, but did a riff on the original painting, changing some things
.was fun!
hwmnbn
(4,279 posts)....but not really! LOL
Damn, this one is really cool too.
I am grateful that YOU have this talent to share with us.
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(9,762 posts)AmBlue
(3,111 posts)The interplay of light is wonderful! In the far distance, reflecting off the water, over the texture of the rocks.... very lovely. Thank you for sharing!
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(9,762 posts)tblue37
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(9,762 posts)WVGal1963
(145 posts)Stunning. Wow.
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(9,762 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)Ahhh, thanks for sharing your art, LL.
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(9,762 posts)C Moon
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(9,762 posts)godsentme
(70 posts)Beautiful! That's it. Just beautiful. I love it.
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(9,762 posts)calimary
(81,323 posts)Just beautiful, LiberalLoner! Well done.
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(9,762 posts)applegrove
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(9,762 posts)lucca18
(1,243 posts)You are very talented!
The colors are amazing!
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(9,762 posts)Callalily
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(9,762 posts)femmedem
(8,203 posts)I don't have a critique--nothing but admiration.