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The constant motion and power of the ocean really made an impact on me. 10”x10” oil on hardboard.

Any other pointers welcome. 8x10 inches.

Painted from a photo that I took. About 2 hours. Feels like my greens in the distant planes may be too saturated. Thoughts?

8x8 inches

Shout out to all the fellow dads. Who else is having steak tonight? Oil on panel, 10x10 inches.

A few days ago I asked for some feedback and got a lot of really good suggestions. Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to comment. I tried to address some of these in this round. I do feel like the painting lost some of its freshness, but overall I’m happy with the progress and feel like a lot of the issues with the initial sketch have been improved. Open to any and all additional feedback. Don’t hold back.

First session state and reference photo included. Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/oilpainting/s/mJv4p08XPi

Recap of the feedback I got on the initial version:

Value Range By far the biggest topic discussed. The values should be pushed in some places and pulled back in others. The forest on the right could go darker. The water(dark reflection) should be lighter. Overall not enough delineation between the lights and darks which would help with form. A good suggestion was to turn the image black and white to see values better.

The bright green streak on the grass is off A sticking point for several commenters. Suggestions to reduce the contrast and to continue the bright green into the trees on the right side of the bank

Contrast between the reflection of the sky and the trees in the water is too harsh. Upon further reflection I realize that the overall shape of the reflection doesn’t match the tree line that is being reflected. The reflections further back should also reflect the “invented” atmospheric perspective and is currently too dark.

Needs more detail This is subjective, but I generally agree. This painting is neither a full abstraction where the focus is purely on the paint, nor is it detailed enough to provide enough interest for the eye to wonder about the details.

Composition Several commented that there is nowhere for the eye to go. Some mentioned having a focal point. The streak of light on the grass was called out as an arrow pointing out of the picture.

Brush stroke quality Several pointed out that the brush strokes could be more intentional and varied. Outlining around shapes feels amateurish and overall the brush strokes are a bit too similar throughout. One commenter mentioned using flat brushes may help.

Photo Reference Several comments regarding the reference image being inferior to painting from life. Some mentioned the reference image being too busy.

Don’t hold back. I’m here to learn, not be coddled. A few points on my process:

• Painted from reference photo that I took (I know it’s better to paint from life, but circumstances don’t always allow) -Spent about an hour on this
• Painted dark to light. Perhaps should have started with sky, far to near?
• My palate is: ultramarine blue, burnt and raw umber, burnt Siena, alizarin, cad red, can yellow lite, cad green lite, yellow ochre, titanium white

Let’er rip.

Oil on panel 8”x8”

Playing around with textures.

A set of three dandelions in different stages of dispersal. 6x8 inches each

Oil on panel, 8x8 inches.