Paul Talbot-Greaves Challenge Two - July 2017 by Painters-Online Team

Paul selected Matthew's version of his challenge for critique saying: 'A great attempt at the challenge Matthew. I can see how you have used softer, cooler greens in the distance and this really pushes them back. You have also achieved some nice variation in your edges with the hard edges and ragged edged shadows. I think the trees work, but could be bettered by adding a dark value to bring in the range of light/mid/dark. Also, use bigger blocks of colour with damp into damp value changes, as opposed to too many stippled hard-edged marks that make the trees a little too busy. To do this, try to paint through half closed eyes as this will help you to consolidate a lot of those smaller marks.'