spring by Jennifer Gornall

There's too much in it for a watercolour - you needed more space to develop your ideas ..... more distance between the foreground and that quite abrupt sort of stockade effect represented by the wall and building. Take a look at Alan Owen's watercolours (he's not posting much at the moment, but if we all wish very hard he might do so again!). Also, the brown paint on the fence posts is less strong than the brown of the tree trunks behind the building; and they're a bit too thick, as well - the twigs and branches need to taper into the foliage. The problem here is the same as the problem with your other painting, but actually a bit worse in this one: there's not enough CONTRAST, in colour, and shadow; and you need to make the mid-tones paler than those in the foreground. Don't try to force everything you see into the painting - edit it a bit; leave things out and establish the big, main shapes - fit your details, but not too many of them, into those big shapes.

Thank you robert i might re-do it taking on board your advice will post it when i am finished .Your comment make a lot of sense thank-you .

I edited the watercolour by mistake this is an acrylic of sunset over my town a novice ato acrylic ,playing about with styles .trying to find myself x