By the stream

[taghera]

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Watercolour 14x10

This scene was inspired from an art book by Wilfred Ball.
Comments welcomed.

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[Robert]

Beautiful, Hugh! Believes I'll go out and paint some trees mahsef. This is a charming piece!

[taghera]

Originally posted by Robert:
Beautiful, Hugh! Believes I'll go out and paint some trees mahsef. This is a charming piece!

Many thanks Robert. http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/smile.gif



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[animal]

Taghera, http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/eek.gif This is way better than I could do. I especially like how you have done the water. http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/smile.gif

[taghera]

Thanks very much Animal. http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[campsart]

Love the colour...I wouldn't mind being there. A serene setting. Nice work.

David

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[taghera]

Cheers David, and thanks.

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[NATARTISTS]

beautiful! looks like it could be part of a Hans Christian Fairy Tale.
Love it.

[taghera]

Originally posted by NATARTISTS:
beautiful! looks like it could be part of a Hans Christian Fairy Tale.
Love it.

Very many thanks Natartists. http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/smile.gif



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[sajemak]

Lovely work! I'm partial to purple hues, so I absolutely love the sky and water!! Question on the brightness? Is the original really that bright or is it just my pc monitor???

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[paintfool]

Hugh, great peice! I really like it. I do, however, find that my eyes tend to have a tough time breaking from the left side. I'm sure that the house is intended to be the focal point and the tree in the left hand foreground is certainly a grabber but i feel that the right might be a bit under rated. The composition is good, in fact i think it's VERY good, but i think adding some splashes of sun-lit highlights to the tree on the far right would pull this together. Please accept this thought in the spirit in which it is given, which is merely a personal opinion. Lovely peice! Really!
Cheryl

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paintfool

[taghera]

Originally posted by sajemak:
Lovely work! I'm partial to purple hues, so I absolutely love the sky and water!! Question on the brightness? Is the original really that bright or is it just my pc monitor???



Hi, My kids where messing with the scanner and changed some settings just before I scanned this, with the result that this scan is too "sharp" if you know what I mean, could have also affected the brightness of it, the original is much softer than this. http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/smile.gif



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[taghera]

Originally posted by paintfool:
Hugh, great peice! I really like it. I do, however, find that my eyes tend to have a tough time breaking from the left side. I'm sure that the house is intended to be the focal point and the tree in the left hand foreground is certainly a grabber but i feel that the right might be a bit under rated. The composition is good, in fact i think it's VERY good, but i think adding some splashes of sun-lit highlights to the tree on the far right would pull this together. Please accept this thought in the spirit in which it is given, which is merely a personal opinion. Lovely peice! Really!
Cheryl



Thanks for your input Cheryl, I think your correct about the tree on the right needing a bit of sunlight, as for the left tree I hadn't intended for it to be so stand-outish as it is, because it does tend to compete with the house. http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/smile.gif



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[LarrySeiler]

Its the dark rigid values of the tree's trunk and limbs, and the distinct angular limb's lines that draw specific attention to the tree. IF it were a simple blocking in of foilage and were visually "less" demanding, it may have worked better.

You've got a lot going on in this piece, and that is always tough making it work. The piece though does catch my attention, and I look forward to seeing other works you do!

-Larry

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[taghera]

Good points Larry, many thanks.

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[tammy]

I like paintings of this type. Lots of color. Looks great!

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[taghera]

Originally posted by tammy:
I like paintings of this type. Lots of color. Looks great!



Many thanks Tammy. http://www.wetcanvas.com/ubb/smile.gif



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