foreground would have berry bushes

The mountain is centered here, so anything you add shouldn't obscure it.

yeah, although there should be some colour in the foreground so it isn't just brown

It looks like a road

which is why I was perplexed by a request for foreground

Maybe just make the road gravel, or show treadmarks from farming/forestry equipment

I used to go to a real middle of nowhere lakeside log cabin place

And believe me, the roads are neither gravel nor treaded

This need not be in the middle of nowhere, though.

@Zephyr Blackfish HE rounds 😄

Im truing to copy a Cot painting called springtime. Its been a challenge.

@𝑮𝒆𝒆, 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑨 𝑫𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒔 I'm willing to help you out if it results in you making more Meenah art. Just DM me.

@Marushia Dark it was feferi haha. But im totally open to it. In school atm. Cant pm right now

Either way

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@RhinoMaxTV it's looking really good, dude; especially the blending of the foliage and shadows.

@RhinoMaxTV I feel like I know exactly which piece you're referring to, but could you repost it alongside your reference and then just ping me so I could take a look?

If it's the piece I'm thinking of, then right off the bat, I feel like your colors are too muddy for that particular art style.

Impressionism and the related styles are all known for their vibrant, harmonious colors. Some of the best ever in that regard, actually; and as it happens, I've studied their system of color selection.

Thats the reference. Im way off on it right now. But every failure is a lesson. These guys are called masters for a reason. Ha.

@RhinoMaxTV Yeah, that's exactly the one I was thinking of. Anyways, I'm not sure if this is for a personal project or for school or what-not. Looking at your other work gives me a sense of where you're at skill-wise. I do like that you're taking on ambitious projects and studying from masterworks.

That said, I get the sense that maybe you didn't do an underdrawing first and just went straight to paints? Because it looks like you're losing a lot of the shape, form, and structure.

Here are some things I feel that you could work on:

Warm in this case refers to color temperature. So the original piece is very warm, whereas yours feels very cool (in the sense of coldness, not awesomeness).

I wouldn't talk at this stage about color, since right now the values are way off. For a start you need to be able to separate darks from lights on the image into big masses. It's a good idea to leave paints for now and just do a monochrome drawing.

Having looked at some of Rhino's other work, he's good at adding some of these details later. I'd wait and see how he goes with this attempt, and incorporate suggestions into the next one, given he's said he's had a few attempt already and learns new stuff each time.

Are you replying to me or marushia? Because I'm not talking about details, so I'm a bit confused.

I did address the values issue a bit in pointing out the lights - even circling some of them in red as examples - and while I generally advise people to focus on value before color, I've also seen people work directly with colored light, so ... it depends on the person's working methods. It's more important that they have an understanding of fundamentals and how to diagnose what's wrong and how to fix it.

So if Rhino is able to adjust the values using color - which he might have to at this point - then so be it. I'm just telling him which areas to focus on.

I mean, unless he wants to repaint over it in black an white before matching the values with color, which I highly doubt. It is what it is, just try and make it as good as it can be and learn for next time.

colours in your painting don't look too cool compared to this

much higher res

Das pretty

Whassat?

An instrument I'm making

First one I cut out , the frames were to thin and snapped. So I made the sound box more rectangular . Hopefully it sounds alright when I glue the two frames together and finish it up

Ought to prove interesting.

@Marushia Dark your assessment is 100% correct. I was drawing it and then just started laying colors down. Im cleaning it up and using a prospek. I have a really difficult time mixing colors and getting them right. Also the reference im using is a poster of this painting and a lot of the contrast was lost in the process. I will have another update on this on saturday or sunday and im hoping to have a lot of the shapes more accurately drawn in. Thabk you very much for taking the time to critique it and the advice. I appreciate it.

Yep, no problem.