wip Golden morning, Structured please

[Chromaman]

MY IMAGE(S):
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Critiques/u...br>ing_001.JPG



GENERAL INFORMATION:
Title: wip Golden mo
ing, Structured please
Year Created:
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimension: 14 x 11
Allow digital alterations?: Yes!

MY COMMENTS:
I found a photo in the reference area here, and thought it would be fun practice.

MY QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP:
C&C welcome

[Aires]

Nice early morning misty effect. I'll bet you had fun doing this one!

[Chromaman]

Yes its a fun topic to paint, i think ill throw in some more trees hehe!

[Debzy]

You almost have a water colour effect here! I like the colours and the mist. I think you need to take your tree trunks through the top of the painting rather than finish them just before the top, also one of the tree shadows needs softening. I think it also needs to be lined up with the tree more accurately also. The shadows seem to be pointing in different directions, perhaps they should all be more in line (almost parallel) with each other shadow. Just my opinion. Like the scene very much! Cheers Debs. =))

[Chromaman]

Thank you for the advice Deb, i think ill put it to use 8^)

[thevaliantx]

The shadows, to me, command more attention than the trees. Not sure I like that. Perhaps throw some more mist on the shadows (any left in the bucket after the work you've done here?).

You could even suggest 'beings' walking in the background, amongst the trees.

Nah, better make that another piece before you end up scaring everyone away here.

[Polygon]

Your shadows don't seem consistent in terms of the direction they are pointing, in relation to the diffuse light source. The middle shadows are too defined considering the misty atmosphere.

Other than that though, I like this a lot! I don't think I'd add more trees, I like how it dissolves into the mist as it is.

[henrik]

Small picky observation: the shadow of one of the trees has harder edges than the tree itself - it draws too much attention to itself and breaks the illusion.

[Apodemus]

Beautiful colours, and the top part works perfectly. I agree with polygon - if it was as misty as that, you'd never get shadows so well defined.