Isla the Otter
Soft pastel on black colourfix pastel card. I'd really like your honest opinions on this as I'm not sure the reflections at the side work. Hubby says they are OK but then he's knows what they are suppose to be!! To explain, the water was in shade and very dark apart from a patch where the sky was reflected together with the trees which are out of sight behind the rocks. I took the photo earlier this month at the Sea Life Conservation Center at Oban and I've simplified the scene but included the reflections as they were what attracted me in the first place. Help......should I keep them in or should I crop it at the otter's tail? or should I just consign it to the dustbin:)
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Val Kenyon
I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…
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