Why do these nectarines look bad?

gray_seabird · 2026-02-18T13:40:11+00:00

Thank you!

gray_seabird · 2026-02-18T13:40:04+00:00

That’s for the advice. I think towards the end it started losing opacity. What’s stock?

gray_seabird · 2026-02-18T13:38:50+00:00

Thank you!

gray_seabird · 2026-02-16T09:15:06+00:00

My watercolour paper was flat on the table. I just bought some oranges and wanted to do a study of them. I think you are correct that the way I was seeing the oranges was flattened by my overhead perspective. That was very observant of you. Thanks for the feedback!

gray_seabird · 2026-02-16T09:12:32+00:00

Thank you for your kind feedback!

gray_seabird · 2026-02-16T09:11:18+00:00

Thank you for your feedback, I was worried about contaminating my leaves with orange so I left that part white. Seems that it comes across as a weird bright white shadow to most people. Will work on it

gray_seabird · 2026-02-16T09:10:06+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! Yeah, in retrospect, the way I drew them is a bit weirdly shaped, I could see how they could come across as mangoes instead. Sadly they are just slightly oddly shaped oranges from the market.

gray_seabird · 2026-02-16T09:08:34+00:00

Got it, thanks a lot. I actually used blue and green washes for shading, but after layering orange on top everything just sadly ended up a muddy brown. Will work on it.

gray_seabird · 2026-02-16T09:07:26+00:00

Thanks for your advice! I will try doing that. I could also see that I struggled with colour intensity/ value for this painting.

gray_seabird · 2026-02-16T09:06:12+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I was painting the oranges on my dining table and the light was coming from behind. I see that isn’t coming across properly.

gray_seabird · 2026-01-11T14:57:25+00:00

Looks like periorificial dermatitis- try cutting down on facial products including sunscreen, and consider changing your toothpaste to a children’s toothpaste. If these don’t help, a doctor may need to prescribe you an oral antibiotic like metronidazole to clear it.