- Saguaro Deset Sunset, acrylic on primed hardboard

  • JdW@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Awesome use of color. Love those contrasts around the dun. Not a fan of the composition of your cacti though.

    • Mighty Weaksauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Same. Great use of color but the composition could be stronger. The cacti seem a bit similar in shape/size so my eyes see a bit of a cut/paste effect on two planes. The ones in the background seem to be in a straight line giving a flat appearance when staggering them a bit would add a greater sense of depth. All-in-all I think this is really nice and I hope you keep posting here!

    • A1B1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks! The glow is a combination of glazing pyrrol red and vat orange over a very pale primary yellow and putting it next to darker, flatter and greyer colours. Sneaking in some quinacridone magenta always seems to work some kind of magic, over red it make it a really punchy red srifting to purple with more layers. Then i made sure i spread the colour into the objects, and up past the edges of the horizon. Vat orange punches above its weight in glow.

      • arandomthought@vlemmy.netEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Very cool. I have a friend who paints from time to time. I’ll make sure to let them in on these secrets. ;)

  • simo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Looks good. To commemorate the historic day: I made it my phone wallpaper. Lovely stuff 😎

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sorry to disappoint, but I can’t ignore it. I love the strongly tinted bloom around the cacti.

  • kynshp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Really awesome! The way you painted the light in gives it so much depth and realism!

    • A1B1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks! I wanted to capture the glow you get when the sun is low behind things :)

  • Shift_@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This reminds me of a line in Forrest Gump.

    “And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and the earth began.”

    It’s beautiful