Activity for User 739 - Nancy Speaker - nspeaker1@gmail.com

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56 Mar 22 Comment I love these charming burrowing owls. They are just beautifully painted. I actually like both paintings.
However, I tend to prefer the warm brown background painting because its warm deeper tones offer a nice contrast to the owls. On the other hand, your use of the green grass to the bottom edge (especially the lower-left corner) is really attractive to my eye and connects the grass more to the painting. Can you combine these two styles? 		Mar 6th
56 Mar 22 Comment Nice work Terry. Your composition was enhanced with the removal of the bit of land on the left, the crop of the water, and the use of the brushes to define the edges on a white mat.
Your technique added so much color to the image with the cool blues and warm oranges and yellows that were missing in the original. What a wonderful improvement with your painting techniques. 		Mar 6th
56 Mar 22 Comment Just lovely. I like that there is a nice distinct difference between the flower and background. Your b & W tone really adds to the impact.
You might want to add in the shadow too as in the original so it adds a connection with the background rather than floating. I used the same technique that I used with Pat's image. Just an idea. 		Mar 6th
56 Mar 22 Comment I really enjoy this art and the colors are vibrant and attractive with the cool blue shadows and warm golds. Just lovely. What a wonderful composition and perspective of the horses and driver. While the original isn't here, I know this painting technique added to the impact. Mar 6th
56 Mar 22 Comment Good for you Pat. Great first beginning. Love your subject and the background is a nice improvement. Your skills turned this into an art piece.
While your image was probably on an overcast day, I would still try to determine where the light was coming from and place some shadows for the body. In my review, I made a selection of Ben and duplicated it. I then filled one with black and applied Gaussian Blur and used it under the actual color one and using transform distort, moving it into place and then adjusted the opacity.

I tried all types of Mixer Brush Painting programs but what Cindy shared is a composite of her skills and some from Michelle Parsley's program. Brushes and proper training are the keys to mixer brush painting and MP's training program is superior. If you really are interested, I recommend you join Elevate Your Art/ Beyond the Brushes program. 		Mar 6th
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