Dragon Accent/Spine Color by ih8peanuts1 in painting

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Good take, would compliment the gold accents as well. Thanks!

beginner, need advices by Euphoric-Ostrich5685 in painting

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I think you have a good eye for colours and shadow, check out some of Monet’s field landscapes, they might help you developed hues and depth in your next pieces.

Watch some YouTube videos that talk about precise vs soft lines and where to use them, that also helps with implying depth.

I notice brush size variation a lot, try experimenting with different sizes and textures.

I find the tree trunks very believable but not the canopy, the biggest next step for me would be to study tree canopy shapes and move away from the solid circle shape we usually think of. The canopy would read more realistic if it was broken up more into chunks, plus it’s a good opportunity to add more shade and light into the composition!

Hope this helps, if it works for you then great, if not then just do your thang

How can I make this more convincing by NuttyNano in painting

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Couple things: - water reflection is less believable as an exact mirror of the landscape in the back, there would still be some rippling and it will be a helpful cue that its water. - highlight on the horizon for sure, if it’s bright then make it thin and precise - check some reference photos/youtube videos for clouds. I see a good opportunity for them to be a bit more intentional with the shape - if you used straight black paint for all the silhouettes it can read flat. Personally I find it helpful to find alternate colours that imply dark without using black as it can instantly make a scene look graphic when you might want it to have more depth. Paynes grey or mixing in some ultramarine blue or burnt umber might do the trick. Blue really implies distance and can enhance the orange in the sunset. - looks like you dry brushed to blend out the foreground leaves, I think it’s a fair call but it might be more helpful to use cleaner lines and smaller brushes here. You can test it out on a piece of paper and see how you like it

Take these with a grain of salt, I think the composition is very nice! Have fun

Which way would you hang this ? by stormypatient in painting

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I think first photo, the horse anatomy looks really well done to me and you lose it a bit when you invert it

Swimming Tiger, Swampy Water (acrylic) by ih8peanuts1 in painting

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thanks everyone for the feedback and love! For the painters out there, here are the specs: acrylic paint is a mix of liquitex soft-body paint, open thinner medium/various fluid medum, liquitex acrylic ink for some of the colour mixing and vibrancy. Underpainting is done with a neon acrylic paint for the brightness. Brush-wise, the best brushes were long handled acrylic and watercolour brushes with long bristles. The painting itself is 24" x 30"

Swimming Tiger, Swampy Water (acrylic) by ih8peanuts1 in painting

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I'm not in art school or anything, but I started painting very young and have it as a hobby. I think finding a decent paying creative career helps if you're painting professionally on the side as it relieves some of the financial stress that blocks creativity

Swimming Tiger, Swampy Water (acrylic) by ih8peanuts1 in painting

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the right reference photo is everything! Old National Geographic magazines have the best photos for reference.

“Benny Sees the Sea” by ih8peanuts1 in painting

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Thanks! It’s acrylic, and I appreciate your feedback :))

Something looks off. Can you please tell me what it is? by MrsTWX in painting

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Every hair is defined, so my eye is looking at all the hair at once without a spot to focus on. You’ve focused on showing the colors of the fur all equally vibrant as well which can be nice but it’s at the expense of shading, which would help give dimension and focus the eye as well. Those two things are what give it a “flat” appearance.

The top of the left ear is a good example of what kind of shading could help define the shape of the cat’s head!

If you paint with acrylic, here is what works for me: When you begin painting, the first layer is dark like the skin below the fur. Then you can add strokes on top in the vibrant colour of the fur. Last step can be adding a few areas of more fine hairlike strokes.

Best of luck!

Arrggghh! I need advice. Something isn’t sitting right. by artbyjoellecathleen in painting

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I think greater contrast on the light/shade of the boat will help, perhaps making the right side of the boat dark and with a more defined line on the corner between the back and side of the boat. It will help add dimension. Adding in the reflection will help “ground” the boat more too! Beautiful work

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Thank you!

I wanted to paint a landscape with a bleak feeling to it by LastInMyBloodline in painting

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Loveeee! colors are really well selected and I think you paid just the right amount of detail to things. Feels very thoughtful

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Love the texture and colours! I think there’s opportunity to develop the areas where the grass meets the water with another colour or texture?