tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post791984614040514564..comments2023-06-26T03:48:47.216-07:00Comments on The Painting Struggle: More FlowersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-63651866326272766782011-11-18T13:07:41.342-08:002011-11-18T13:07:41.342-08:00Maggie - What a wonderful, thoughtful response. Yo...Maggie - What a wonderful, thoughtful response. Your analysis highlights the major weaknesses in these pieces. Edge work, variety of brush strokes and relationship with background all need greater thought and better execution. One problem here is the lack of relationship between different elements in the image.<br /><br />Thanks for the tips about practice, I'll give them a go.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-400466947647725972011-11-18T13:02:01.490-08:002011-11-18T13:02:01.490-08:00Caroline - Once again my thanks for your support.Caroline - Once again my thanks for your support.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-57030498070404086062011-11-18T13:01:23.574-08:002011-11-18T13:01:23.574-08:00Peter - You're spot on. They lack that ambigui...Peter - You're spot on. They lack that ambiguity that derives from loads of soft edges and it is a major flaw. The picture pretty much follows the actual arrangement of flowers. Sorry I didn't post a photograph.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350381570737387904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-39504112368204255152011-11-18T00:13:12.596-08:002011-11-18T00:13:12.596-08:00Mick, I’m not much of a flower painter, but do enj...Mick, I’m not much of a flower painter, but do enjoy panting florals when I do paint them. In my humble opinion, and it is so difficult on the internet to see accurately, I would say p’haps to concentrate on more tonal value and different brush strokes within some of the petals, and also work on the background at the same time as painting the flowers…fading out the edges of some of the flowers and letting them run to create a background would give it a looser feel…. Although this is in no way a tight rendition…. and I think you should be proud of these studies. <br />Rather than thinking ‘oil' or ‘watercolor’ just concentrate on how techniques in each medium will achieve what you want to say. I also find myself when painting flowers, working larger, on dry paper initially standing up to a slightly angled easel helps everything flow. You may have to get your board off the easel quite quickly if you have something happening that is nice and needs to dry flat. Mixing up tones/values of colors ahead of time also helps me when painting flowers…. so that I don’t have to stop half way while everything is drying and mix up more of green etc. One last thing, I find for a looser interpretation …..don’t sketch on the paper first (or maybe just a few lines)…let your rigger and pointed round do the drawing work, and keep a mid size squirrel mop handy to fade out edges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-50664758935722409582011-11-17T13:26:37.766-08:002011-11-17T13:26:37.766-08:00I love your flowers Mick and the single flower is ...I love your flowers Mick and the single flower is so bonny too. You are such a natural at the still life.Caroline Simmillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598525698486576546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468843067640834925.post-87419741229617142862011-11-17T06:41:48.797-08:002011-11-17T06:41:48.797-08:00Difficult to comment Mick without seeing a photo o...Difficult to comment Mick without seeing a photo of the original flowers. A first `off the top' opinion would be that you have too many hard edges and the painting doesn't meet the 50/50 rule. Also have you followed the flowers exactly or modified the arrangement for your painting?Peter Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07451951778074071828noreply@blogger.com