Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Jordan Pond Gate House, Acadia. Watercolor (Original Post) GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 OP
Dreamy!❤ Karadeniz Jul 2020 #1
Thank you! GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #6
This is another enchanting painting lunatica Jul 2020 #2
Thank you so much! I thought I had ruined the trees when I did the first layer. The cobalt sky GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #5
Great work MFM008 Jul 2020 #3
Thank you! Watercolor is hard. Don't underestimate yourself. It's more about learning skills than GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #4
Very nice! bif Jul 2020 #7

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. This is another enchanting painting
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 09:50 PM
Jul 2020

It’s like a painting of a storybook house with it’s wonderful country architecture. I love what you did the roof, giving it an aging look of an old time country house. Your brushwork for the details of the stones In the house and the wall is really well done, making the painting warm and inviting. The shadows are also lovely and interesting and add perspective and include a light source. I very much like the perspective of looking up at the house from the road too.

Your treatment of the trees has improved a great deal. The contrast between the light background tree and the closer darker one In the upper right by just using washes is showing a minimalistic sophisticated usage of your medium. Your work shows you’re growing ease with using the paints. Perhaps that’s because you’re painting quick studies of the subject. The trees on the left are more refined than what I’ve seen in some of your other paintings. I can see your development.

It’s a wonderfully warm painting.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
5. Thank you so much! I thought I had ruined the trees when I did the first layer. The cobalt sky
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 05:13 AM
Jul 2020

was very heavy and had eaten a lot of the green up. I was very worried about having no light left in them. I am very happy with how they turned out, though. I can’t recall how I did it, but I might be able to do it again with some playing around.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
4. Thank you! Watercolor is hard. Don't underestimate yourself. It's more about learning skills than
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 05:10 AM
Jul 2020

having talent. Hang in there!

Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»Artists»Jordan Pond Gate House, A...