#landscape - scenery

[juliamstarr]

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[thomaswaynewolf]

[fallensapphires]

Places: Acadia National Park (Maine, United States)

There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.

Requested by @kaiyves-backup

[huariqueje]

Shot Placement - Gonzalo Sicre ,  2024.

Spanish, b. 1967 -

Oil on paper ,  200 x 150 cm.

[hiemaldesirae]

practice with backgrounds

[lonelylonely18]

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[samkuchingdraws]

Eurydice 1920 x 1600 SketchBook

Lately I have been feeling somewhat lousy about a couple of things where painting is concerned. At least with my last piece of work (my first for 2023), I realised that I have heavily regressed to purely working instinctively again, and in struggling to bring the piece to life, it has made me realise what I might still need a great deal of work on: composition, tone and perspective. 

So I went in search of an instructional video on composition -- which I really should have done in the past, or if I did, probably should have paid more attention -- and I found this one, which helped a great deal. 

I do highly recommend this video. Do check it out, if you haven't. The explanations are delivered quite well, and there are pretty solid examples given in here too. I haven't seen the rest of the series, but I plan to continue (hopefully). 

Anyways, having seen the video, I took out my stylus and phone and started making a sketch, very reminiscent of some of the examples you will see in the video.

I was surprised at the sense of depth this sketch was able to achieve, and I felt quite happy about it, even without any sort of details on it. This was... I think... my first conscious experience of this particular aspect of making art. 

After the sketch, I went straight into painting and adding in the details almost very instinctively -- which was fine seeing as there was already work done for the foundation, and I didn't have to guess how the picture would generally look like anymore. 

Once again, a solid foundation makes for a more fulfilling and satisfying painting process. And fun too. 

Anyways, here's the close-up of our little 'Opheus' character. Why Orpheus? Because as I filled in the details, I began to realise that I may have been subconsciously inspired by SONG OF ORPHEUS from THE SANDMAN graphic novel.

[daydreaming-in-daisies]

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[lastresnegrasgallery]

Coming soon... New exhibition.

EDUARDO NAVE

[gulistan-blog]

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colors of the sky.

[superkursunaskr]

[maviyenot]

[natureell]

[heylsgowt]

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

baotuquan趵突泉, jinan济南, shandong province in china by 凡不烦

[cansu-m]