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In reply to the discussion: So I guess it's OK to ask for critiques here... I've done some landscapes, [View all]PatrickforO
(15,109 posts)The one set in old suburbia with the fiery tree at the end of the alley is excellent. In me, it evoked a memory of childhood, visiting my grandfather in what was then a small town.
The lamp post in autumn brings up images of Narnia, and the person standing next to it seems bound for great adventure.
The field of flowers, the ducks, the grain and the two abandoned buildings all evoke different feelings, moods.
Nope. Not weird. Rather quite good.
On a technical note, it may be good in subsequent paintings to practice some different clouds and cloud patterns. I don't know how you feel, but I can get lost in clouds because they are so beautiful. You really don't treat them much, though you do present the suggestion of impending storm in the painting with eight trees, and lay out some convincing winter cloud patterns in the frozen lake. I suppose I like your treatment of the sky best in the sixteen ducks. In fact that is a beautiful painting.
Gray sky is ok many times, because it evokes a certain mood, depending on the subject of the painting, but none of these seem to capture the true majesty of clouds.