[Aquanet] Aquanet Art December Critique

[patchapin at mindspring.com]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <patchapin at mindspring.com>
To: "Betty" <springhillsites at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Aquanet Art December Critique


> What fun this one is!  There is no reason that dovecotes have to be plain 
> lumber, and you wonder why no artistic visitor to Luhan's ever got the 
> urge to colour them; the addition of colour made these twice as 
> interesting, particularly with the wintry sky and leafless tree creating a 
> depth-filled backdrop for the primitive painting style used on the subject 
> matter itself.
>
> I am charmed by the careful placement of the colours so that while they 
> boldly demand you look, they create the juxtaposition of warm/cool without 
> being garish.  While I love the Quinacridone hues, sad experience has 
> taught me you want to think first, and this has certainly been done with 
> regard to colour.
>
> Not so happy with the ground, which refuses to roll back the way the sky 
> does since there is no change in tone and it seems not at all wintery but 
> muddy;  nor the grey stone, which in my opinion is too detailed and 
> creates a bother as my eye keeps going to it.  But otherwise, the only 
> real complaint I have with this image is stupidly picky, but it continues 
> to bother me -- there is a quail  out of size and perched where no quail 
> would go, doves being what they are.  But after all, we are dealing with a 
> painting not a fact-finding mission!
>
> pat chapin
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Betty" <springhillsites at earthlink.net>
> To: "aquanetArt" <Aquanet at cleverwhiz.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 3:08 PM
> Subject: [Aquanet] Aquanet Art December Critique
>
>
>> David Rojas is the critique artist for December.
>>
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