[Aquanet] Critique

[Annette Compton]

Its great to hear "the color is glorious" when I'm painting black  
rocks! Isn't that the best thing about watercolor? I love the  
transparencies that we can achieve. I'm trying to do the same in oil  
now but was really taught "alla prima" painting so that watercolor is  
such a relief to go back to. I particularly like the play of  
quinacridone gold layered over indanthrone blue or thalo green for  
sparkly affects. And the warm layers of alizarin with the quin gold  
holds the light in the hot spots. Hawai'i has plenty of those!

Nice to hear from you! Thank you. This is my first time offering a  
painting for the monthly critique in my seven years with Aquanet!

Annette

On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:08 AM, NitaLeland wrote:

> Annette,
> Your painting is awesome. The color is glorious and the values well  
> placed. I can feel the immensity of the rock formations in relation  
> to the bus or train.
> Nita
>
> Nita Leland
> nita at nitaleland.com
> www.nitaleland.com
> http://nitaleland.blogspot.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Annette Compton
> To: aquanet
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Critique
>
> Thanks for your feed-back, Raymond. The scale is hard to comprehend  
> as it was when I was there.  have received your comment and one  
> other which are valuable so I trust everyone is painting right  
> now.    Or out enjoying a summer vacation. I'll send in a waterfall  
> sometime soon and thank you again for keeping Aquanet flourishing.
>
> All the best,
>
> Annette
>
> Annette Compton
> Compton ART
> PO Box 162
> Woodstock, VT 05091
> (802) 457-2020
> www.comptonart.net
> info at comptonart.net
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Blum wrote:
>
>> Hi Annette
>>   I could not agree more about the lack of human scale - I could  
>> picture either a leaf or a troop of hikers in the shadow of that  
>> rock/boulder in the lower right.  And the reflected light at the  
>> junction of the stone and the ground is beautiful.
>>   I wonder if I would have imagined those two different scales if  
>> you had not pointed it out in your commentary, I honestly don't know.
>>
>> ---Raymond
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Annette Compton
Compton ART
PO Box 162
Woodstock, VT 05091
(802) 457-2020
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