Wooded Scene by Leisure Painter

Well that's very frank of him! Would that we could all be so honest with ourselves. Compositionally, (I like the colouring, by the way) that big tree is just about bang in the centre, which is only going to work if other elements in the painting are, as it were, leading up to it; here, you've got detail to the right of you, detail to the left of you, and not much sense of recession. So I think I'd say simplify - move the tree to the right of the picture, perhaps, and make the painting either a landscape with a bit of water, or a seascape with a bit of land. Or, if you want to retain the tree as a central, dominating theme, paint it in portrait format.

Colin Steed-Artist & Tutor. I agree with Robert regarding composition. Just one thing Tim. I'm not sure what direction the light is coming from. Shadows would give your scene so much more depth. Light, medium and dark tone on the tree would make it look round as opposed to flat. Dark tones where the land meets the water would help as well. It may be that you are looking into the sun. In this case the tree and land would be much darker because of the light sky and water. It's good to see you have taken tips from my project and used them to paint a different subject.