Comments on Watermarks: Waterways Project: Clear Michigan Light in Oils

Wonderful, Lindsay! I like both of these - your pa...

2009-04-21T13:49:00.000+01:00

Wonderful, Lindsay! I like both of these - your palette is gorgeous!

Thanks Ronell. Sara, what an interesting idea! You...

2009-04-20T13:39:00.000+01:00

Thanks Ronell.
Sara, what an interesting idea! Your idea has started me thinking more creatively about the application of paint. So has Vivien's remarks about pushers, scrapers and such.
Looking forward to that post!

Great work Lindsay! I esprcially love the second w...

2009-04-20T09:40:00.000+01:00

Great work Lindsay! I esprcially love the second with its tranquil feel and attractive foreground.
Ronell

Lindsay, the branch lines are not over but next to...

2009-04-20T07:31:00.000+01:00

Lindsay, the branch lines are not over but next to the other colours for the most part, I also use bits of thin card, or a peice of paper folded and the edge dipped into paint then just one press and volia! Experiment and see what happens, I am working on a step by step of a painting soon which you might find useful.

Well, actually, I was aiming for a "design" elemen...

2009-04-19T21:38:00.000+01:00

Well, actually, I was aiming for a "design" element with the line. Trying to balance out the dark trees in the upper right corner and add a strong line to push the viewer into the back of the painting. I'm working between reality and design because I'm not able to control the media yet.
Thanks Sara and I'm maddely paging through books trying to figure out how you get such crisp black branch lines over wet paint.
PS: I think both WC and oil are REALLY challenging.

K, I forgot to say. these were done in the studio. Not ready for the full onslaught of plein air. Soon I hope!

I love the dark line, thought it was a seaweed lin...

2009-04-19T21:32:00.000+01:00

I love the dark line, thought it was a seaweed line but it is very graphic and I like it, lovely Lindsay, keep going. Personally I have found that altho initially oils feel much easier that watercolour my techneque has improved visibaly over the time I have been painting, like everything practise is all. Shame spelling dosnt seem to work the same way!

ah I see - is it maybe too dark? you've seen it i...

2009-04-19T19:54:00.000+01:00

ah I see - is it maybe too dark?

you've seen it in reality so you know but as a painting it seems that way?

I like the curve it creates though :>)

Thank you all. Lots of practical advice for me to ...

2009-04-19T18:58:00.000+01:00

Thank you all. Lots of practical advice for me to use.
Yes, smaller brush work in the background would help to define the depth..
And the ideas for pushing, pulling and scratching colors with those tools sounds great.
The dark line is a shadow formed by a ridge in the sand but my light direction is really not difined enough to read this well. I see I have some work to do!

mmm that second one works really well and I like t...

2009-04-19T15:25:00.000+01:00

mmm that second one works really well and I like the splatters and free marks on the shore

I don't quite understand the dark line in the first one?

Use a painting knife too - not to paste the paint on thickly and end up with porridge! but more to take it off, scratch through layers and put flicks of clear colour cleanly over another colour etc

and a colour shaper - like a paintbrush but with a soft white flexible rubber tip - it can be used to shift paint about to reveal lower layers. I love them.

These are great Lindsay. The road back to oils ha...

2009-04-19T15:07:00.000+01:00

These are great Lindsay. The road back to oils has been easy for you if these are anything to judge by.

Great to see you painting in oils Lindsay. Are t...

2009-04-19T14:20:00.000+01:00

Great to see you painting in oils Lindsay. Are these studio or plein air?

I really love the one at the bottom.

I very much like the idea of the top one but am finding myself slightly distracted by (I think) the size of the brushmarks. I'm guessing here but I think it might be that I'm not seeing a sense of perspective in the brushmarks. Does that make sense?