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Hi,
I am fairly new, having only started painting this Jan. I have had some constructive comments on my painting from the gallery and suggestions that I ask for comments here on the forum.
This is painted in acrylics and touched up with pastels. I have lightened the far trees and darkened the reflections as suggested. Advice on any aspect to improve my painting would be very welcome. Loving the encouragement I am getting from this site.
Thanks, Dawn
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I like it.
It seems to lack a little feeling of depth - the colours right up close are so alike those in the middle distance. I note that you've made the line of trees less detailed, that helps, but they are still of the same tonal range as the rest of it. If you convert to grey-scale it has a similar look all over (apart from the cowsies)
Note that this isn't by any means right or perfect... just an example of shading to get depths and tonal variation.
Edit - as an aside.. why does the middle cow have a white halo... Is he a spirit-cow?
Edit - as an aside.. why does the middle cow have a white halo... Is he a spirit-cow?
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Just found this after a google search. Well you could have knocked me down wiv a fevver. Still doubtful. Though this method seems to add the acrylic onto of the pastel which makes more sense
to me.
Still don't really feel the need to try it. as I can't see the point. I like mixed media and would use oil pastel onto of ink . Interesting.
Painting With Acrylic & Pastel Chalk
By Elyse James
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Mixing media like chalk and acrylic paint creates an interesting texture.
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Using two different media such as acrylic paint and pastel chalk is a great way to develop a personal artistic style. Chalk and paint are very different media — chalk creates more texture and acrylic paint is quite smooth. Because acrylic paint is wet and pastel chalk is dry, you must put the pastels on your paper or canvas first. Once you have completed the pastel portion of your artwork, apply the acrylic paint.
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Rub the end of a clean paint brush or a cotton swab onto the piece of pastel chalk. Using a brush to apply the pastels allows you to create a thinner, more defined line than using the actual pastel.
Apply the pastel over the areas of canvas or paper as desired. The pastel work must be completed before using any wet medium, such as acrylic paint. Use the tip of your finger or a clean brush to blend the pastels for an interesting effect.
Use a clean brush to apply your acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is wet and will cover the pastels. You can use the acrylic paint to highlight certain parts of the pastel-covered areas, or simply paint the blank areas of your design to complement the pastels.
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A brief comment - a) you can use soft pastel over acrylic, as has been said. I've done it, though not on canvas - on acrylic paper. You would think it wouldn't adhere, but it does - the paint provides a certain amount of tooth; if I were doing this for a finished painting, I'd just pop the finished piece under glass; might fix it, might not - the trouble with fixative is that it dulls the pastel. Whether I would habitually do it - that's something else again: on the whole, it wouldn't suit the way I prefer to work. But it can be done. And b) the way we normally achieve recession is to use stronger tones - lighter lights, darker darks - in the foreground, and gradually grey out the background so that it appears distant, or mix purples or blues into the distance. The painting in this case recedes in linear perspective, but not so much in tonal perspective - there needs to be rather more difference between the colours of the foreground and of the background; and given how far away those cows would be, I do find them a bit on the big side, and very black - atmospheric effects would grey them out a bit. Actually, you've given yourself quite a problem there, because painting animals at such a distance while still making them recognizable is NOT easy.
I know I'm more or less repeating what Dippy has said about the tonal range, and I think his (her? - but I suspect it's his) version is what you need to be working towards - but maybe next time: you don't want to get too hung up on one picture and overwork it, because given you've only been painting since January this is actually staggeringly good. I think what you need is exactly the same thing that we all need, practice, preferably from life - it's one thing knowing colour recedes into greys and blues, but it's quite another to go out in the field and actually SEE that for yourself: you'll never get a true tonal range from a photograph, no matter how good it is.
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