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    ptrkgmc
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        18″X24″, oil on a black canvas. No reference material was used. I instead concentrate on composition. But is seems to me I could perhaps use some deep violets to counter the yellows in this painting.

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        Tony11214
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            No picture!

            #907295
            ptrkgmc
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                I hope this is not confusing,here is the image. :crossfingers:

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                ilya K
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                    Oh, this is great! I like the colors the way the are. And if you will frame it one day, the frame can add its own to it.

                    Ilya K
                    C&C always welcome

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                    Delofasht
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                        Wonderful apples! I like the feeling of really bright light pouring through the branches and leaves. Just fantastic!

                        - Delo Delofasht
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                        Tony11214
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                            I really like that too! The lower two thirds of the painting have a wonderful soft unsaturated look that I find fascinating. But the upper third of the painting seems to be a little too unsaturated. Or is it the photograph you took that’s making it look that way? The upper one third seems a bit washed out to me, and it loses the charm that the rest of the painting has. I’d reduce the aerial perspective on the trunk a little so that it doesn’t look like it’s extending so far back into the distance. And I’d bump up the soft blue of the sky very very little so that it complements the yellow and red of those two apples. But don’t make any drastic and dramatic changes, because that painting looks just fantastic.

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                            Humburger
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                                Beautiful. 😀

                                Ginny
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                                enelram
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                                    Fabulous! Wonderful painting.

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                                    TomMather
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                                        I really like this. Nice mood

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                                        midwest
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                                            Thebranch in the upper right corner that curves back to the left doesnt look natural to me

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                                            ilya K
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                                                Thebranch in the upper right corner that curves back to the left doesnt look natural to me

                                                Hah! You should see real branches in my garden. Older trees show all kind of behavior.

                                                Ilya K
                                                C&C always welcome

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                                                ptrkgmc
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                                                    Thnx, gold stars all around. I feel like an old branch myself exhibiting odd behavior. And I concider myself to be a compositionalist not a realist. The photo is never accurate, this one may be more so, but I doubt it, lol.
                                                    thanks for the creative view into the plane of my existential reality.
                                                    I think.

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                                                    #907289
                                                    Phranque
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                                                        It’s a lovely painting. Makes me feel as though I’m peering out from it, rather than into it….like a bird or small animal. I really like the softness, too. Well done!

                                                        Critiques and comments are always welcome.

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                                                        MarcF
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                                                            Beautiful soft colors and technique.
                                                            Great idea using black canvas. I have to remember that.
                                                            Would have been useful on the painting I just finished.

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                                                            GibbyDoodle
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                                                                This is really well done! I like the perspective, and am especially impressed that this was done without a reference. Thanks for sharing!

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