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Painting Critiques continued

        Marcia Hodges Roses and Ribbons, oil on linen panel, 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm)
                                                      Hi, Marcia, what beautiful brushwork and colour!
                                                      Makes me want to try my one all over again! I like use
                                                      of the red and green complementary colour scheme,
                                                      your attention to detail in the centre of the roses with
                                                      all their complex reflected and glowing light effects,
                                                      and your treatment of sharp edges versus soft edges.
                                                      I do feel that some of the leaves could have been dealt
                                                      with more deftly. Richard Schmid says the real test of a
                                                      floral painting is in the handling of the leaves, I expect
                                                      because they’re rarely just where you want them, are
                                                      very complex often with multiple overlapping depths
                                                      and with few visual keys to their form in this case
                                                      because they’re so dark. The artist must also battle with
                                                      their own feelings of “the flower’s more important so
                                                      I don’t really care about the leaves.” I certainly experience
                                                      that in all my flower paintings.
                                                       You’ve made an outstanding job of depicting the
                                                      form of the main flower especially. Love it! Keep up
                                                      the good work.

        Kym West

        Roses, acrylic on board, 16 x 20" (41 x 51 cm)
        Nice work, Kym. Equally successful as your lilies
        painting I would say. Great to see you having fun
        with the brushwork in the background and even
        trying out some splattering. I often mask off my
        detailed centre of interest before a big splatter
        attack on the background. Maybe that’s just me
        being tight, but I find it hard to splatter over the
        star of the show. Great work on the subtle colour
        transitions there in the roses! Very successful.
        There’s that one left close to the bottom there that
        is looking great too, though the rest need some
        work. It does feel like the dark leaves are trimming
        the shape of the white rose a little and creating
        an unnaturally straight line there. Also I believe
        the composition would gain a little strength by
        trimming two inches off the right. Good stuff!


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