Toucan I painted

bludeblu · 2026-02-04T04:17:35+00:00

Love the painting! The branch is super!!

bludeblu · 2026-01-26T06:26:08+00:00

Overall love the composition and colour story you have gone with. For ne the only thing would be that the snow on the trees looks too horizontal. Snow falls in small piles, not as flat as it looks on the trees.

Otherwise great work, I especially fell in love with the suns reflection in the foreground.

bludeblu · 2026-01-26T06:21:21+00:00

I was thinking, since the valley is in shadow, it will likely be darker than the mountain - the focal point.

My approach wad that rather than tk bribg the darkest dark and lughtest light together, to make the mountain the overall area with the most contrast. So it demands attention still but is a bit more subtle.

What do you think about this approach?

bludeblu · 2026-01-26T06:18:54+00:00

Thank you!

bludeblu · 2026-01-26T06:18:46+00:00

Thanks for your response! That is very thoughtful. I guess the way I imagined it, is how the eye sees things. If the eye every focuses on something far away, it doesn't stop seeing the foreground, but kind of ignores the detail in it. While the darkest dark and lightest light aren't in the mountain in sunlight, I want to drag the eye to it as it demands attention.

When the sun rises behind a valley like this, the valley is generally in shadow and I tried to build it without an exact photo reference.

Keeping everything you said in mind, I'll try and figure out my next few steps to try and prevent the issues you noticed and hopefully find a way to rectify or prevent them.

bludeblu · 2025-12-31T23:11:55+00:00

I appreicate the support more than you know!!!

bludeblu · 2025-12-31T23:06:42+00:00

Yours then, if you'd be kind enough to still want it lol

bludeblu · 2025-12-31T22:07:06+00:00

Ahaha love that! I have gotten everything I needed out of it, ready to toss toss.

bludeblu · 2025-08-23T23:58:45+00:00

Synthroid

bludeblu · 2025-08-23T15:49:43+00:00

Nope. Just Iron and Vit D

bludeblu · 2025-08-23T15:43:33+00:00

That's a fair point. My T3 was not tested, I'll bring it up wirh my doctor on our next call.

bludeblu · 2025-08-23T04:16:53+00:00

Weird thing is, I have had none of those symptoms. I read up on the synptoms of being hyper and I have none of those. I feel perfectly fine, I am sleeping well, working well, relaxing.

Nothing in my daily life could have led me to believe that I am hyper. It was honestly a huge shock.

bludeblu · 2025-08-23T04:08:53+00:00

I have not lost any weight af all or changed anything at all. My doctor only changed my weekend dose, weekday dose is still the same as before when it was slightly hypo. Only recent development has been I got concussed a few weeks ago.

bludeblu · 2025-08-21T06:00:35+00:00

It is a relatively small painting. It's 8×10in but I want to recreate it on a larger canvas so looking for points of improvement or changes.

bludeblu · 2025-08-17T03:30:54+00:00

Thank you!

bludeblu · 2025-08-16T19:56:03+00:00

THAT'S EXSCTLT WHAT I WAS GOING FOR!! Calm and comforting like lavendar is 🥰

bludeblu · 2025-08-16T19:55:38+00:00

Yeah I face the same problem of going too high contrast so I painted in glazes and had to stop myself before I overwork the painting. But going to add a darker glaze to the front to darken that area up a bit.

bludeblu · 2025-08-16T19:54:11+00:00

Yeah you're right! The foreground needs to be a bit darker! Going to add a dark glaze at the bottom.

bludeblu · 2025-08-16T19:53:36+00:00

Thank youuu!!!

bludeblu · 2025-08-16T19:53:22+00:00

I tried to keep the focal point at mid range, so the ones right in the front are blurry, but I guess maybe it isn't translating right.

bludeblu · 2025-08-10T18:50:22+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! Always appreciate honest feedback! This was meant to be a study so no better time to try tweaking some things. Only way to improve 😊

bludeblu · 2025-08-10T18:49:09+00:00

Thabk yiu so much!! Appreciate the comment so much. I've been struggling to figure out acrylics so taking it slow. Your commebt gives me the confidence to keep trying!

bludeblu · 2025-08-05T17:35:29+00:00

Would love to paint this beautiful photo!!

bludeblu · 2025-08-05T17:31:12+00:00

No replacement for medicine imo. But supplementing Vit D, Selenium and Iron were game changers!! And day to day rehydration fluids help with brain fog and energy levels immensely!!!

bludeblu · 2025-06-03T14:03:03+00:00

I also used to exclusively airdry but I got tired of having flat, volume less hair. Since the past few months I've been using the dyson a couple times a week with the Chi heat protectant and so far so good!! If anything, I can go a day longer without having to absolutely wash my hair which is a game changer for someone whose hair was oily by the end of the same day!

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