tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post1521225669663799658..comments2023-06-26T03:48:47.216-07:00Comments on The Painting Struggle: November Challenge.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-30748000769023940572011-12-03T05:03:13.491-08:002011-12-03T05:03:13.491-08:00Caroline - Thanks so much. I think that there are ...Caroline - Thanks so much. I think that there are aspects of this that can be built upon. I like your remark about freshness, isn't that the joy of watercolour paint.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-63417602027362541432011-12-02T14:27:05.406-08:002011-12-02T14:27:05.406-08:00I like it very much Mick, it has a great freshness...I like it very much Mick, it has a great freshness about it and you have captured the sunny feel of a windswept day by the sea. The wave looks nice to me as it does have the impression of crashing down which is important. Looking forward to seeing the next challenge.Caroline Simmillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598525698486576546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-69156854685648810942011-11-30T12:46:10.799-08:002011-11-30T12:46:10.799-08:00Peter - Thanks. I was aware of the possibility of ...Peter - Thanks. I was aware of the possibility of it being divided into sections and attempted, by slight angling of the lines to indicate a shallow zig zag. It clearly didn't come off. Onwards to the next challenge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-78126209956683716692011-11-30T07:31:30.028-08:002011-11-30T07:31:30.028-08:00Quite different to my take on it Mick. Maybe you h...Quite different to my take on it Mick. Maybe you have fallen between two stools with this one though who am I to say! The painting seems to be in three sections. Could they have been linked together better? I made no attempt to replicate the actual colours.Peter Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07451951778074071828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-21712822566240256202011-11-30T01:31:14.570-08:002011-11-30T01:31:14.570-08:00Hap - Your colour suggestion is correct and I wish...Hap - Your colour suggestion is correct and I wish I'd thought of it before starting out. Thanks for your comment about the wave.<br />I preserved some of the whites with masking fluid. You're right about the learning process, it's just that some days you need to learn more than others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-30385258578176486302011-11-30T01:21:33.630-08:002011-11-30T01:21:33.630-08:00Ray - Thanks. You are right about sea colour. If I...Ray - Thanks. You are right about sea colour. If I'd got that right the balance of the whole thing would be better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-60320168201903630182011-11-29T15:31:26.341-08:002011-11-29T15:31:26.341-08:00An odd thing about sea water is that the colder it...An odd thing about sea water is that the colder it is the less "blue" it seems. North seas are more "greenish grey" than blue most of the time. I agree that you went too "blue" for the ocean but I really like how your wave works! Did you preserve the whites on the rocks with gouache, or resist, or purely with negative painting? <br />It's never a bad effort if you learn something....I keep telling myself that over , and over...and over!!haphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616728116181059642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-91318540817944304372011-11-29T13:34:24.993-08:002011-11-29T13:34:24.993-08:00It was a good day, Mick not a bad one. As with Pe...It was a good day, Mick not a bad one. As with Peters's the sea could be darker and greener, which would have made the water to the right of the curling wave darker - thus making the breaking wave closer. Foreground is great.Ray Maclachlan Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16542553965601642263noreply@blogger.com