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Permalink Reply by yogendra kumar purohit on November 18, 2008 at 1:26pm

ok

Permalink Reply by aprajita on November 24, 2008 at 12:49pm

I liked all your creations. I would suggest that you should prefer using a dark brown tone for painting rocks in your paintings.

Permalink Reply by Joe Giuffrida on November 27, 2008 at 6:40pm

Here are two paintings that I have done recently. I think they are ok...but I think maybe something is missing and maybe too many dark areas? What do you think....

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Permalink Reply by aprajita on November 28, 2008 at 9:57am

Hi Joe,

Thanks a lot for sharing your paintings here. I loved both of them but yeah as u said I also felt that you should have used a lighter color tone in your second painting "Barnova Monastery corrected.jpg". but both of them are still looking amazing. Have you used some other medium too in your first painting. I felt so about the white highlights. But Its looking AMAZING!! Great job!

Regards,
Aprajita

Joe Giuffrida said:

Here are two paintings that I have done recently. I think they are ok...but I think maybe something is missing and maybe too many dark areas? What do you think....

Permalink Reply by Joe Giuffrida on November 30, 2008 at 4:52am

Hi Aprajita
Thank you for taking the time to look at my paintings. You confirm my thinking on Barnova Monastery....I was trying to get that dark dramatic look but I went too far with the color. I will probably try this again. I love this particular view of that monastery with the sun rising there in the east...it is a wonderful scene. I will try it again soon I think.
You are right about the second painting....very good eye you have! I guess I sort of cheated here with the titanium white and added it with a dry brush in places where the wooden boards are. Thanks for your encouragement, I really appreciate it. I have been working with acrylics lately, but will never abandon the watercolors. I am deciding now on what to do next with them. I want to send you another image of a painting I did several months ago of a small town in England. I look at it and think something is missing, or it just doesn't have enough interesting something or other in it. If you have time take a look and tell me what you think.
Thank you again and best regards
Joe

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Permalink Reply by aprajita on November 30, 2008 at 2:31pm

Thanks for taking my inputs so positively.
About this new painting that you have posted, I fell its a beautiful composition. Houses have come out to be very realistic. If we come to think of the improvements in same. I think if you can do something about the road, it might give it a life. And also if you can either fine-tune the Tree thass behind the first house, or may be add few leaves to it, that may help.

I appreciate your watercolor skills.... I'm at a very beginner's stage yet. Trying and learning, whenevr getting sometime :) So, I might not be very good at suggestions, so take it or leave it, is your decision :)

Regards,
Aprajita

Permalink Reply by Joe Giuffrida on December 2, 2008 at 9:46pm

Aprajita
I have taken your suggestion to do something with the road and add leaves to the trees. I am really amazed at the difference in the painting!!! Wow......after I added the leaves I thought how foolish I was to be a "slave" to the photograph I used for the painting. There weren't any leaves on that tree so I painted as is. Also the road was very boring grey and looked flat. I added cerulean blue and some violet to the road....take a look at the difference! Thanks for your input on this, I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. I was not going to put this painting online but now I will use it on my website.
Thank you again
Joe

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• Aprajita Suggestions Stratford.jpg, 141 KB

Permalink Reply by aprajita on December 3, 2008 at 12:42pm

Its looking much lively now :) Great job on this Joe!!! keep making such beautiful artworks and keep sharing those....

Joe Giuffrida said:

Aprajita
I have taken your suggestion to do something with the road and add leaves to the trees. I am really amazed at the difference in the painting!!! Wow......after I added the leaves I thought how foolish I was to be a "slave" to the photograph I used for the painting. There weren't any leaves on that tree so I painted as is. Also the road was very boring grey and looked flat. I added cerulean blue and some violet to the road....take a look at the difference! Thanks for your input on this, I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. I was not going to put this painting online but now I will use it on my website.
Thank you again
Joe