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July 14, 2018 at 12:10 pm #458927
alhagi
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I finally decided to post 2 photos of this recent painting. Its real colors are somewhere in between
Thanks for looking.
Elena
July 14, 2018 at 5:46 pm #657906
terriks
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Hi, Elena! I like your painting. Yes, photographing paintings can be challenging, since the lighting can so drastically change the color casts of our work. I’m going to guess that your big leaves are *mostly* those lovely shades of green (rather than blue), and the flowers are *mostly* those lovely shades of yellow/orange (rather than yellow/green). Am I close?

You did a great job with your drawings of everything here. I also like your background colors – in both versions.

What size is this, and what support did you use?

Terri

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July 15, 2018 at 12:54 am #657903
tuscanny Moderator oil pastels
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Lovely, Elena! I like your subject having 3 flowers.
I know some of those photographic challenges. I’ve even taken another photo the next day out of pure frustration with getting the colors right. What software are you using for your photos?

Christel
July 15, 2018 at 5:19 am #657900
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Terri and Christel, thanks for your comments.
These 2 photos were taken with the interval of approx.10 minutes. The first photo was taken by old Kodak and the second by recent Nikon. I find that Kodak takes the colors closer to the original and Nikon manages more details.
I have doubts about the upper background leaf. Isnt it too vague? Maybe I should put more details in it and strengthen its colors?
Should I put more details in the soil? What do you think?
The size is 50cm X 50cm. Senneliers, canvas.
July 15, 2018 at 12:40 pm #657904
tuscanny Moderator oil pastels
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At the moment your first painting looks like this

If you were to darken your soil then your flowers would ‘pop’ more.

Do you take photos in raw format? Much easier to manipulate values, colors and temperature of painting.

Christel
July 16, 2018 at 2:29 am #657901
alhagi
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This is a very helpful idea, Christel. Thank you
July 16, 2018 at 3:54 am #657905
SarahY
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Morning, alhagi! Lovely painting, excellent shapes. As tuscanny said, some extra darks would make it even better :thumbsup:

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July 19, 2018 at 2:51 pm #657899
laika
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This is so nice to look at! Delicate and intense (those blossoms!) all at once.

Lamar

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July 20, 2018 at 1:40 pm #657902
alhagi
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SarahY and Lamar, thanks for your comments.
Elena
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