This is the disappointingly ‘flat’ 5×7 inch painting I wasn’t happy with the other day… I still find it all a bit flat, but what the hell – when the weather is a muted, moody grey in a reference pic with no dramatic highlights and shadows it’s hard to know what to do for the best?
I mean, I live in the windy North of Scotland where the skies (and the seas) are more often lilac grey than deep blue, so I suppose I’m going to have to learn to paint landscapes in soft, dull, muted shades as well as strong, bright saturated colours?
Looking at it again this morning it’s probably not as completely disastrous as I’d first thought, so I figured I’d just share it anyway… 🙂
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Here’s a challenge. A friend of mine sells her work on a site called RedBubble (.com) They don’t do much special – print the designs onto mugs, or mouse mats, yada, yada. I bet if you did the same, you’d sell. She’s on here: https://tiffanyarpdaleo.com/2023/03/06/glass-photo-series-part-ii/
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Maybe when I get better I might consider it 🙂
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Well, you’ll never know whether you’re good enough until you try. I don’t think she makes much money from it but it is a great feeling knowing that other people like your work enough to buy it.
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That’s true! 🙂
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I like this, Ruth. There’s something special about a gray day.
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Not a disaster at all, I like it.
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