For the stump picture, there were several things that needed to be changed.
- The stump and rocks were too close. It left the left side all on its own.
- There was a battle for the star between the rocks and stump, so rocks should be darker and the stump requires more variation from dark to light.
- The grasses up from needed more definition to help describe what it was.
- And lastly, the stump was rather large in real life, but the paint really never reflected that. It needs something to help give it perspective.
Some of these changes have been applied (no picture) and some are yet to be. I have shelved it for now and will come back to it later.
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My painting group gave me some good recommendations. The colour of the water did not accurately reflect the sky (yet when I compared it with the photo - a lesson learned). The primary difference was when the picture was taken it was from a different vantage point, up on the dike. But as I messed around with the rocks, I changed the perspective of the water and it would reflect from ground level.
Other items that were suggested ....
- Enhance the creek on the left
- Ensure that the trees lined up correctly with their reflections
- Sky needed to be darker to match the whole painting.
All in all I thought the changes were very positive.
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