BEAUTY

Thank you so very much MagikUnicorn, I really do appreciate that my friend!! :-) Dan Seitzinger

Love the colors and the general scene, this is a great work!

Oh Arodia, you are so very kind for letting me know that my friend, thank you so much!! Also, I do hope you have a lovely rest of your day :-) Dan Seitzinger

I like those mountains in the background. They look very abstract, and almost blend into the sky. I also like the placement of the flecks of light green in the leaves of the tree, really showing the angle of the light. I kind of wish other parts of the scene also showed the light coming from the same angle, reinforcing the effect.

Another part I like is that wave that is breaking on the sand. It is very subtly painted, yet reads pretty well. To make it read better, rather than doing anything directly you could define the sand a little more clearly, maybe using the same yellow/orange tones from the sky.

In terms of composition the main issue that bothers me is the location of the plant in the lower right. It is tucked away in the corner and isn't interacting with anything, and it also feels like the tree gives a lot of weight on the right side already, so I would want to move that bush further left and further up. It would be particularly nice if it broke the line of the near hill a bit, and maybe if some of the leaves came in front of the tree trunk. All of this would help show depth.

My second (less important) issue with the composition is how symmetrical the break in the background is, right smack in the middle of everything. I would have wanted it to be maybe a bit off to the left, to add visual interest there and balance the tree and plant on the right.

In relation to previous conversations we had about color, I like the colors here, but I wonder if you can maybe mute the blue even further, possibly even to the point of just going straight grey and not using any blue at all: It would reinforce the hills blending in in the background and reduce the palate to just green/orange/grey, both of which are things I am fond of, but you might not agree, particularly if you are trying to keep the background legible and prevent it from getting too abstract (I like abstract). Depending on the feeling you are going for, it might also be fun to saturate the oranges in the sky more, although that would be less placid and more melodramatic, so it's your call.

Wow tuerda, you have put much time into your comment and critique of this painting I did, awesome... I will print this out and look at the painting again, trying to visualize what you've mentioned... I still conciser myself a student and always learning, so this is very good information to see what you are noticing and perhaps this will help me in the future to make better decisions on my art. I'm am self-taught and have much to learn about painting in oils. It's not my normal medium, but, I do like the fact I can go back much later and the paint is still wet and I can blend or soften things. I can't do that with acrylic paint. Again, this painting is not from a photo, I had no reference material, so, I'm just winging it and making guesses as I'm painting. I will start looking closer at some possible references, so that may help me also, in making the painting more realistic, I don't know, until I try doing it that way. Thank you again for all of your input, all great suggestions you have given me!!! Take care :-) Danny