
Pond study for water practice
Any tips or feedback for improvement welcome. I’d describe it as “getting there” but I’m not quite happy with it
u/lextrek — 9 days ago

Any tips or feedback for improvement welcome. I’d describe it as “getting there” but I’m not quite happy with it
My main goal was to make a night scene without using an actual black or gray paint/pigment. Managed to do so with just primaries (palette was alizarin crimson, Prussian and ultramarine blues, cad red and cad yellow, yellow ochre, Naples yellow and titanium white). Reasonably happy with the results but could use any critiques or feedback for improvement.
Last tried an oil painting with a Bob Ross set a little over 20 years ago. (They were pretty bad) Decided to take a stab at the medium. (My reference taken on vacation to the side on this shot)