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    it’sALLart
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        A little different piece for me, but there’s a landscape in there, so…

        30 x 40, acrylic on canvas.

        #925076
        Kiffin
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            Very interesting, a lot to find in there. Love your colour scheme. Beautifully painted.

            #925079
            Dorrart
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                Love your positioning of the birds to lead the eye around. The trees look great. Very intriguing painting, surreal.

                - David

                "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." --Picasso

                #925075
                Bardo
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                    Fascinating. Very nicely executed.

                    #925067
                    it’sALLart
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                        Thank you Kiffin, yes, I wanted to create a story which is wide open to interpretation.

                        Thanks, David, I played around for days on where those crows should sit with tracing paper and Photoshop. This seemed like the best arrangement that would lead the eye to the ship, and from there to the rocks and maiden. Composition is everything, IMO.

                        Thank you, Bardo.

                        #925072

                        The design, color and drawing are all good. The rocks are so good that they almost steal the show for me. Gary

                        "Painting is a verb"

                        #925068
                        it’sALLart
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                            Thanks, Gary. The rocks are quite easy, actually. Just a matter of thick, brushy gesso to start with, then a dark wash and some sanding, hi-light, shadow, spatter and then add some tiny cracks. A bit more sanding afterwards. The underlying texture really does most of the work, a trick I learned from Rudy DeReyna’s books decades ago.

                            #925071
                            Old Radagast
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                                Everything is great about this, but I really like the character in the trees and those wonderful rocks. The whole composition is fantastic, too – it begs to be the cover of a fantasy novel of some sort. Well done!

                                Matthew

                                Still much to paint and much to learn!
                                My blog: https://autumnglade.blogspot.com/

                                #925069
                                it’sALLart
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                                    Thank you, Matthew, you made my New Year’s Eve with your compliment! :-)

                                    #925074
                                    Ohiohawk97
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                                        Excellent piece Keith! Love the surrealism. My favorite part is the birds. The trees and rocks are excellent as well. Great job with this…

                                        Wes

                                        #925073
                                        Aussiesrus
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                                            Wonderful detail & thought provoking with plenty of interest for the imagination to contemplate.
                                            Those squabbling crows have plenty to argue about it would seem.
                                            Nice Work !

                                            Michael.

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                                            I'M NOT AS THINK AS YOU DRUNK I AM

                                            #925078
                                            Humburger
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                                                Very interesting. It captures the attention and reluctantly lets go.

                                                Ginny
                                                www.virginiacmccoy.com
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                                                artBecks
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                                                    The design, color and drawing are all good. The rocks are so good that they almost steal the show for me. Gary

                                                    Me too !
                                                    But I’m also drawn to the mystery… why these things? What’s it about?

                                                    WARNING: The universe changes its shape to reflect your expectation of reality.
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                                                    Bizzibee
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                                                        As I have said before, I am a rock fan and these ones are stunning. Thanks for sharing your technique. Your comment about the book you used set me off on a search to find it and I did, and it is coming soon! It is a very old copy, but I look forward to receving it. I think your painting is wonderfully imaginative, and the fate of the Rossetti-esque girl, seems to me, to depend on the interpretation one puts on the symbolism of the crows. Excellent!

                                                        'One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star': Friedrich Nietzsche

                                                        #925070
                                                        it’sALLart
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                                                            Thanks so much Wes, Michael and Ginny!

                                                            Becks, thank you, the story is mostly about the berries. Did she have them and the crows stole one or did they bring them to her? Sleeping or worse?

                                                            Good for you, Bizz, I hope you enjoy the book, there are three different ones, not sure which one that was in, but hope you learn regardless. I sure did!

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