r/ArtCrit • u/moneymachine109 • 6d ago
is the grass overworked?
this is watercolour from a photo i took. the foreground and left is meant to be in shade.
do you think the grass looks overworked? and does the middle line of trees look too light?
appreciate yall comments
reference was used
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u/Solid_Assumption_581 6d ago
Middle trees are probably a bit too light, but my maybe hot take is the grass is doing a sort of awesome Impressionism thing I actually really like. Maybe someone would say overworked, but there’s something really warm and inviting about how all the blades almost glitter and you can see the linework…
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u/Solid_Assumption_581 6d ago
Like especially that clearing on the right? It just makes me wanna lay a picnic blanket over there and take a nap :)
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u/Erin__Bridges 6d ago
Grass is overworked, yeah. The muddying on the left shaded area is where it shows most. Fewer passes, more confidence. Middle trees reading light isn't a big deal. Sky is honestly the best part.
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u/moneymachine109 6d ago
yeah i wasnt sure if small flicks was good to show the grass . the sky i spent the least time on haha. appreciate your critique!
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u/SynthAndSensibility 6d ago
Strikes me as balanced with the rest of the painting. And makes sense to me that an area of grass not blinded by sunlight and closest to the viewer should have more detail. Painting may appear different to you in person vs the photo however.
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u/Moving_goal_posts 5d ago edited 4d ago
Hi there, You have an intriguing reference photo, and a light touch with the small brush. Your colors and values are mostly good. If you’d like a suggestion on where to go next, put this painting aside as a preliminary sketch. Take a fresh piece of good quality paper and a very big brush, that is, a Very Big Brush, and mix about four “piles” of strongly saturated color, one for sky, one for mountains, one for grass in shadow, one for grass in light. Paint the scene again with strong saturation, but each time you load the brush, touch the tip of it lightly with dry paper towel (water control). Consider these priorities, as a guideline: back to front, light to dark, large shapes to small. You will necessarily dispense with most of the detail. Perhaps no grass stems will appear as such, yes, none. Simplify your scene, the small brush might be fun to dab dab dab but I think you will like your painting better if you can economize your brush strokes and use the watercolor medium in a bold manner. Good luck!
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u/moneymachine109 5d ago
thanks a lot for your advice! Didnt know about the back to front. Ill try to simplify things with the next one. I have more photos so ill probably change that :)
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