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05-05-2006, 04:07 PM
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Charleston Garden Gate
MY IMAGE(S):
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Title: Charleston Garden Gate
Year Created: 2006
Medium: Acrylic
Surface: Canvas
Dimension: 16x20
Allow digital alterations?: Yes!
MY COMMENTS:
This is a garden entrance that I saw when I was in Charleston a month ago.
MY QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP:
Any comments and critiques are appreciated.
Thanks! Tracey
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05-05-2006, 04:15 PM
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Massachusetts
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
it looks good, nice depth and composition and a very decorative and appealing piece.
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05-05-2006, 04:28 PM
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Germany
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
A colourful, joyous work. I like it. Not quite sure about that tiny lamp smack in the middle though. Chammi.
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05-05-2006, 06:19 PM
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Thank you so much Nayana and Chammi!!
Tracey
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05-05-2006, 07:06 PM
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
I agree with the comment about the lantern. It distracts. Otherwise a happy painting. Want to be there...
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05-05-2006, 07:16 PM
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In My Art
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Your foreground might be darker, IMO, thus giving this a bit more drama and depth. Shading and shadowing the foreground would bring more attention to the potted plants. You could also bring more light to the leaves and flowers.
Well done.
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05-05-2006, 07:27 PM
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A Local Legend
Florida
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Lovely work, so pleasing to the eye. Love the colors and the plants beautifully painted.
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One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar. Oscar Wilde
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05-05-2006, 09:45 PM
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Lord of the Arts
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Thank you fmrgrl, Dana,and Purple! I'll see what I can do about that lantern.
Tracey
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11-18-2006, 03:42 PM
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Nice colours! I would like to walk in!
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11-18-2006, 05:52 PM
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Thank you Gaensanger!!
Tracey
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11-19-2006, 05:35 AM
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Barrie, Ontario
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Beautiful use of colour! Maybe you could emphasis the perspective a bit more. The left wall need a horizontal line that is in the same perspective as the path to keep from looking like you are facing it straight on. Perhaps the lines of that window, done in the proper perspective, would be enough. Also I think the horizontal line at the end of the path needs to be straight to keep the picture from looking like it's leaning a bit.
You have put such beautiful colour and detail into the plants! Good work!
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11-19-2006, 08:27 AM
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Brazil
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Great impression of depth and joyful, pleasant colors; I liked it very much!
Eduardo
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11-19-2006, 09:31 AM
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Lord of the Arts
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Re: Charleston Garden Gate
Thank you Sheryl and Eduardo!!
Tracey
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