I really love this piece. The detail is incredible.
There isn't any atmosphere, though. Even on a clear, windless day, the humidity in the air would add that depth of field. The colors would subtly and gradually get desaturated. I'd add a touch of Payne's grey with a little white to your colors to make that work. Without it, your mountains feel just as close to me as the foreground flower hill. It doesn't have to be a dramatic amount of paint to desaturate, just enough to push each layer back.
The rule of thirds! The birds in the sky could be moved over to the left an inch, the clump of trees on the right in the mid-ground could be switched to the left. My eyes are dancing around. They're dancing around from detail to detail. As one of my Art Professors would always say, "With the rule of thirds, the sexiest painting is if you can make the eyes move in an 'S' shape curve along the canvas." When he first said this to me I spit-laughed at "sexy painting," but looking in hindsight he meant the music or flow. :3
Just those two things could really make this painting orchestral.
Ah, Bob Ross and William Alexander would both have a big smile on their face while they viewed this painting. The colors that Don has chosen in this painting are very warm and inviting, even though there is snow above the tree line, I still want to wander through the fields of purple Lupines and into the lodgepole pines. I love it when an artist can work a pallet knife to create mountains of snow, which Don has done very well.These mountains really pop! He has created a good contrast between the light and shadowed areas of the mountains, which makes it look like the sun is out and shining bright, warming the hillside. My eyes are constantly moving throughout this painting looking at all the details, even as far as noticing the birds riding the thermal waves above the mountain peaks. I really enjoy this painting, although I might be a bit partial, since this reminds me of the Rocky Mountains in my backyard Two Thumbs up Don!
There isn't any atmosphere, though. Even on a clear, windless day, the humidity in the air would add that depth of field. The colors would subtly and gradually get desaturated. I'd add a touch of Payne's grey with a little white to your colors to make that work. Without it, your mountains feel just as close to me as the foreground flower hill. It doesn't have to be a dramatic amount of paint to desaturate, just enough to push each layer back.
The rule of thirds! The birds in the sky could be moved over to the left an inch, the clump of trees on the right in the mid-ground could be switched to the left. My eyes are dancing around. They're dancing around from detail to detail. As one of my Art Professors would always say, "With the rule of thirds, the sexiest painting is if you can make the eyes move in an 'S' shape curve along the canvas." When he first said this to me I spit-laughed at "sexy painting," but looking in hindsight he meant the music or flow. :3
Just those two things could really make this painting orchestral.
Very poetic as is. I love it. <3
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