Allan's Challenge in Colour

Looks ok to me Lionel, did notice sizes of doors etc until you pointed them out. I think the shadows are good, showing the rough, rutted track.

you know Lionel you enjoyed it and thats wonderful ,,and it .gives me so much plesure to see such a goodpainting youve daone and a tonic to me now I cant get about like I used to never be discouraged no matter what I think if I placed a painting on the gallery that was perfect in every detail and very hard to do would we have a go at it.???.nothing is worse than when an artists brings a pic to a class that is to difficult to do.,,all the best

oh the large doors in the two barns are for the farm instruments and are very large ,,, the door in the left building on the right is a half door used for the horses to pop thier heads out hee hee ..like I would do if this darn weather would pick up

Thanks Stephen - much appreciated. Thanks Alan for your wise observations and encouraging comments. You know, I may just buy some watercolours!

Alan is right Lionel, it's good that we enjoy what we do, even if 7 out of 10 picrures don't turn out quite as we expected. The encouragement we get from our fellow artists give us the push to keep trying. I still love your trees, they look even more wonderful with colour added. I couldn't find Alan's video, I'll have another look.

Don't berate yourself - there are many good things about this: the shadows, the foreground, the trees, palette etc and looks a good result.

Agreed, your colours and textures in this watercolour are a delight Lionel, super light and shade, with lovely tress as well lovely cottage type look to buildings, there is a great deal to love about this painting

Lionel, you'll find watercolour much more responsive when used wet like this than most acrylics tend to be; the only one I've ever found that really wets down well (and there may well be others I've not tried) is Chromacolour, The trouble with most acrylics, when you try to use them as watercolour, is that they clump - they produce lumps, and the paint can be a complete swine to manipulate on the paper; it dries too soon, it sinks in, it doesn't granulate or do any real work for you; you have to force it to do what you want it to do. If you've enjoyed this, I think you might enjoy doing it in watercolour even more.

You're much too hard on yourself, Lionel. This caught my eye instantly - it has a beautiful mellow atmosphere and your palette is superb. Best of all, it bears the stamp of your own style, which is lovely.

Thank you so much Fiona, Michael, Ros and Seok. I know I have often said this before but I really do mean it when I say that these comments from your good-selves mean a lot to me and are really encouraging. Thank you again!

Hi Robert. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment in this manner about the difficulties in using watered down acrylics. (It's not just me, then?!). I am now going to buy some watercolours and suitable paper and try again. Thank you again, (and if you're reading this, thanks to Alan as well!).