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Caroline Dally

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I did a workshop on autumn leaves and looking at negative space. This is a second try at home and I can’t decide if it needs something more or not

Bari Marsh

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Difficult arrangement objects that point in a direction as your eye follow the way the leaf is pointing which can lead you out of the picture.  The Big leaf points up to the small leaf which points down to the half leaf which takes you out. Not an easy subject...

Caroline Dally

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Thank you Bari. I hadn’t thought of it like that. Part of my thinking was that they are being blown about as they fall, but I can see that I should do it so your eye goes in one direction. I was told a good composition would work upside down and this doesn’t. I guess having said that, that if they are falling then it should only work in one direction. 

Alan Bickley

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This is tricky with so many individual components. I would probably have made them all a bit bigger, cropped out of the page perhaps/overlapping more. There’s no easy fix when there’s so many small images, but to be honest, it’s pretty good as it stands!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Agreeing with Alan here - perhaps as a pattern this doesn't quite work, but I didn't look at it as such, but rather as a presentation of individual leaves and a study of their form.  I do tend, I think, to look for individual touches rather more than overall impressions, and as such I enjoyed this because it's well painted.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I do agree with all that has been said , it’s well painted and the individual leaves are good. I would look at adding a couple of leaves that are curled up at the edges and possibly have holes in them , the would add bit more depth . Have a look on the internet for photos of leaves falling,  to get the shapes and add your own colours. I repeat what’s said your colours and shakes are really good. 

Caroline Dally

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Thank you all. I’ve really enjoyed working on the leaves and will have another go with those pointers in mind

Sylvia Evans

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Hi Caroline your leaves are lovely  and beautifully painted.might I add my two pen orth .  Add some more leaves ,say at least three.  fill some of your empty spaces and add more splat .. it’s a great filler in.. .  

Caroline Dally

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Thank you. I had thought maybe more splat using a bigger brush?

Sylvia Evans

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Go girl….splat is good.   Old tooth brushes work well. 

Caroline Dally

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A new attempt. Unfortunately I only had gouache paints to hand and two brushes. I also don’t get on so well with rough paper so the painting itself is not so good, but wondering if the arrangement looks better. 

Sylvia Evans

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Are you happy with it Caroline ? I think it looks good.   Sometimes rather than “arrange” . Just drop your leaves onto a surface it’s how they are in the wild….especially in my garden right now.  I do that with bulbs when I plant them.   Plus I’d splat much, much more , but then I would.  ( I like splat) .
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