LESSON #86 - Paint a Small Stream

[Happychappy]

    Lovely paintings Bhavna, Susan and Lidiya.  Pastels have a "soft" look to them and I thought you all did so well in this medium.  Patricia

[BeaSue]

Thank you, guys! I think I'd like to try this again on my Arches block (11x14) instead of the 9x12 Strathmore 400 series, a paper I tend to use more for practice--it's not my favorite. The Arches seems to have more tooth. I am also struggling to get enough intensity from my inexpensive pastels, which may contain more filler and less pigment.

[BeaSue]

Bhavna and Lidiya, good job!      

[Bhavna]

  everyone for you awesome comments.

[NHC50]

Lydia, Susan nice job. 
Bhavna you also did a nice job. I think your water in the stream looks like it is going too roll out of the banks. I think it's because of the direction of the lines, they have a curve to them.
They need to be more parallel. Hope this helps. Love the sky colors and the rest of it. 

Nina 

[lynn p.]

Bhavna--I love your greens and your shrubbery
Susan--Yours really shows the beauty of the watercolor showing through.  Nice mountain.
Lidya--I like the fanciful look of your trees!!!

[CarolHorvath]

KUDDOS to: Lynn--gorgeous painting; to Jill--love the water so realistic; to Bhavna--colors are very nice; to Susan--very nicely done; to Lidiya--I think Van Gogh when I look at your painting. (one of the old masters if not he)
Everyone did a nice job. I didn't do this one.

Carol

[ImBatman]

Well done everyone.

Extra brownie points Bhavna for the birds. Seems to add a bit of zing!

Batman.

[Steven]

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This was fun, I need to work on my tree masses to get them believable.  I really like the control/lack there of with pastels, it connects the other side of my brain me thinks!

[Val]

Beautifully done Steven, especially like the tree on the left. Wonderful colourings. 

[dennis]

Very good if this was your first pastel, Steven    This is a totally different kind of technique

[Happychappy]

    Geez, I am shocked Steven, you seem to control pastels very well.  Lovely pastel painting.  Patricia

[Steven]

  for the warm support!   

Dennis I did the day lilies one prior to this, but this was the first landscape (and really, my first landscape period in color anyways).  I want to do some larger canvases now, small is so much harder, a hint of color here, a suggestion of shape there, it has it's place I know but larger will allow me to work easier with my flintstone mitts!

[MSWcrane]

Dennis,
I have only WaterColors and NO pastels. 
I decided to do this one anyway.  I painted along with you.     Just didn't get it photographed untill today.   

It was fun trying to keep up with you and picking my paints to match your pastel colors, as much as I could with what I had.   

My husband loves it and made me frame it.  I am not sure I would have done the frame otherwise.   

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[jillh]

Lovely painting Sue.  Sounds like you have a very supportive husband.  Good for him.