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lunatica

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7. It's acrylic
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 10:12 AM
Jun 2020

It’s a tree that’s close to where I live so I see it in every season. I love the way it it moves in the breeze so I took the liberty of exaggerating the the way the tips of the branches curved up while other branches curved down from the weight.

I wouldn’t do anything like this again because though the first tree, the Winter one, came out very quickly, for the other two I had to do too much copying off the previous painting so it was impossible to do anything spontaneous and I couldn’t escape into the painting. I also have trouble with yellow because in acrylics yellows darken a lot when they dry. It’s not the easiest color to work with. It took me months to finish. But I’m satisfied enough to say they are finished, so I can move on. Thanks for the rescue. I really appreciate it.

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argh. this is an error so many artists make, and it is a pet peeve of mine mopinko Jun 2020 #1
LOL lunatica Jun 2020 #2
my bad. i thought you wanted constructive criticism. mopinko Jun 2020 #3
That was not a critique lunatica Jun 2020 #4
I agree. bif Jun 2020 #6
Beautifully done! bif Jun 2020 #5
It's acrylic lunatica Jun 2020 #7
I know what you mean about using yellows. bif Jun 2020 #8
I'm pretty satisfied with the paintings lunatica Jun 2020 #9
I like these a lot! Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 #10
Thank you! lunatica Oct 2022 #11
I remember this post! bif Oct 2022 #12
I haven't done anything serious. lunatica Oct 2022 #13
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