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Needing more depth - 2nd attempt
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Can someone help me with creating a bit more depth here. Wanted impressionist which I have got to some extent but it feels flat.. .
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Yes Margaret, I’ll try and help. Basically, to create depth in what is after all, a two dimensional piece of flat paper/canvas, you need to concentrate on tone and tonal values. Don’t confuse tone with colour, the two are separate entities.
So, how do I achieve that! Generally speaking, you need to increase your tones in the right areas, these tones can contain colour but keep it low key. You’ve got a lot of different colours going on here, too many I think! Consider mixing shades of grey (not black and white).
You need to work in stages and then analyse it as you go, I would start off by increasing the tonal value of the areas underneath the two main waves, then take it from there.
I’m out of time now, but see how that progresses and let’s see the results.
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Generally, to achieve depth you need your strongest tones in the foreground - darkest darks, lightest lights - receding into the distance. Painting the sun, on other hand, is likely to dominate any painting depending on the stage at which you paint it - but the basic principles still apply. I think there's too much going on here - as Alan suggests; varying the brush-strokes, so that the bolder sweeps are in the foreground, would also help - think of it as perspective in colour, tone, and paint-handling: THINK depth, in order to achieve it. (Which I know sounds daft, but it does help.)
That's a very interesting lower foreground, by the way - how did you do that?
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Generally, to achieve depth you need your strongest tones in the foreground - darkest darks, lightest lights - receding into the distance. Painting the sun, on other hand, is likely to dominate any painting depending on the stage at which you paint it - but the basic principles still apply. I think there's too much going on here - as Alan suggests; varying the brush-strokes, so that the bolder sweeps are in the foreground, would also help - think of it as perspective in colour, tone, and paint-handling: THINK depth, in order to achieve it. (Which I know sounds daft, but it does help.) That's a very interesting lower foreground, by the way - how did you do that?Thank you - looking into it - will post once complete. I used sand texture medium mixed with yellow ochre and burnt umber, applied by palette knife for the foreground.