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Published: 2017-12-14 17:56:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 1609; Favourites: 105; Downloads: 10
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A new idol for wonderful JJ, who is leaving the lab too.Watercolor 17x24
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Wow, You really did a great job on this one! I loved how you painted this piece, I must say you really exerted a lot of effort here and I know that you deserve some compliments. First of all, I loved the blending of the colors here, that details is perfect and beautiful, next the background is awesome and amazing, I must say, so good job on that one. The other details in the pic is AWESOME AND AMAZING! I was soooooo awed by this piece! All in all you did a great job and I hope this critique made your day, you rock man!
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Thanks a lot for commenting!
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My first impression is that even if you have used mostly dark colours, this drawing is very positive.
Even dark they are calming colours like blue hues, dark green, purple hues as well as light and warm colours as the yellow and the orange.
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I like the simplier shadings of the background and what you want to highlight is more detailed, like the trees and the totem.
The funniest is that I can make out a smiling and winking totem. It radiates so much positivity.
A little negative point are the trees in the background. They are some bit of a dark something. There you could have used more detail as well as the gras through which the little creek meander. Perhaps a little more details in the herbs would be better, too.
Overall, it is a great - let me say "spiritual" painting. Keep up your good work.
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Thanks a lot for commenting!
I tried to make the totem a bit creepy but not aggressive and I am glad you perceived it likewise.
I was reluctant to add more details to the background because it is already brighter than the foreground and there are more things going on there, but I agree that more details are needed on the grass to ground it.
Have great holidays yourself
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You are very welcome
I really admire your creative idea of the painting, all in all
Thank you, wishing you still a nice time
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A well executed piece i my opinion. Technique and application are nicely done and has a good sense of visual balance. My only issue is the design of the totem in the front. The outline around it seems to make it seem less a part of the whole piece. Shading technique seems a little different too, but that is all I can say negatively about it. Still all around, well executed and has a great somber mood it. Loving the technique on the grass and the entire background just feels like home to me. The only thing i could suggest otherwise, is maybe adding some more shading to the totem. Could give it more sense of "being there." Still overall, a great piece.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion.)
I actually tried to vary the shading technique a bit between the idol and the landscape to focus the viewer's attention on the otherwise unclear figure. Maybe I have overdone it
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Interesting painting, I rarely see watercolor artists painting idols.
One point I think need improvement though is that how there are too much of a dark tones on the lower part, this painting might need lighter touch - maybe more on the idol - so the whole scenery wouldn't be so swallowed by grass part.
Overall this painting is already well-executed, with a unique composition and all, only need to tweak on the contrast more.
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Thank you for commenting! I tried to paint the grass very dark to show the uncertainty of the path and deceptiveness of the idol as a milestone. However, I need to practice more to make darkness convincing.
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You used and awesome technique on this! Great job! However, I think the painting needs more contrast, ex: the foreground darker and the horizon lighter. Also, the see-through branches on the tree don't match the style of the rest of the painting. However, the grass, stream and distant forest is amazing! Also, I love the sunset! But it would look cool if there wre snow on the ground.
Overall, this piece is very impacting!
Keep the Good work up!
RaptorWings
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Thank you for commenting!
I already had snow on one of them out of laziness, but here I wanted to try painting a large dark area. You are right about the contrast, though. Thank you for mentioning!
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Hello! I'm commenting on behalf of and I think this piece is very interesting. The colors are absolutely gorgeous and I love your use of watercolors to create textures. I've never been able to get my watercolors to obey what I want them to do, so this is super impressive to me! I'm honestly hesitant to critique some of the "flaws" I see in this, such as the somewhat unnatural tilt of the stone figure compared to the shape of its base or the different directions of the grass blades, because I feel like a lot of them aid the piece's overall mysterious feeling. It's a piece that makes you ponder, and I can say that as someone who rarely is able to comprehend art that's just supposed to make you think! Your piece is grounded enough in reality so even people who don't quite get abstract art can understand it and find it beautiful. One thing I do think it could benefit from though is more contrast between the background and the stone figure. I'm looking at the thumbnails of some of the other pieces you've done like this that you lined in your descriptions, and those figures all clearly protrude into a light sky, and some of them even have lighter grounds to contrast themselves against. My suggestion would be to either darken the background or lighten up the stature - I personally recommend lighting up the statue because I think that would be an interesting experiment compared to your other pieces and the background is already fairly dark, but you could do a combination of both. Overall, stunning piece, fantastic work!
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Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
The idol is wooden and is tilted in real life and I wanted to preserve this unbalance. You are absolutely right that the statue blends with the background. However, if I did this again, I would have darkened the statue. The background here is lighter than the foreground and is more detailed because more light reaches it to discern something. I would think that the idol should be even darker to be a part of the dark surroundings where the viewer finds himself. Choices, choices...
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Hi from ProjectComment! I'm commenting as part of the Everything Must Go contest
Gosh, this piece is gorgeous 
Personally, I find the background of this drawing more interesting to look at compared to the foreground, partly due to the greater visual contrast in the former. This is not to say that there isn't enough contrast in the foreground, however - the variety of strokes and colors you used give the impression of high diversity. However, the range of colors used is greater overall in the background.
Additionally, the foliage doesn't look as well-blended as the rest of the drawing. Compared to the foliage in some of your other drawings, like the ones below, the foliage here look patchier. I think adding more sharp blades of grass might help mediate this, since I see that the below drawings have a lot of sharp grass blades, and they help ease the visual transition between different colors in the foliage.
Lastly, I feel that the top left portion of the idol blends in with the mountains in the background. I know that highlighting the left part of the idol might not work since the light source is coming from the top-left, but perhaps you could extend the highlights on the mountains a bit farther to the left.
Overall, your works are extremely beautiful, and I'm very impressed by your skills. I hope that you will keep up the excellent work!
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Thanks a lot for commenting!
I agree with you about the relative lack of contrast/detail on the foreground and indeed sharper blades of grass might help. Initially I tried to make it 'true to life': when you are out in the woods during sunset you see stuff on the horizon, but there is just not enough light to discern anything close to you, in the grass or even such an important thing as this idol. It all blends together. And I wanted to show how dark things were where the viewer stands and how dark the path is for him. However, artistic conventions are there for a reason, so more grass next time
Have a nice holiday time!
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Thank you! it does a little bit
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Ooh wow, this is gorgeous. The colours are so brilliantly chosen and placed, and it's very atmospheric. It appears to carry two different weathers, it could be windy, or it could be dead still, and both of those match this perfectly. Magnificent work!
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Thank you! I did not think much about the weather when I painted it, apparently I have painted more than I thought about
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you're most welcome! You certainly have ;D
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Love this piece of art work. Moody, powerful, poignant. Congrats. Reminds me of the work of a great Canadian master painter Emily Carr who did a lot of work with indigenous sculpture and symbolism of the Pacific Northwest.
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Thank you for commenting and for telling me about Emily Carr, I know almost nothing of the New World art, and she seems very interesting.
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Huh! This idol reminds me somewhat of the Scandinavian trolls with that long nose.
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It might well be that some troll-like folklore figure was the inspiration for this thing. I am not sure how authentic these things are (to what proportions they reflect tradition vs artist's imagination), as they are quite recent.
Thank you for commenting!
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Этот в серии становится моим любимцем, сумеречно, таинственно, даже влажность ощущается, и отблески розового и жёлтого потрясающе подчёркивают глушь и непроходимость леса, основательно!
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Спасибо
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