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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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