OLIVER PYLE FINE ART
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I too like the choice of the scene and the rendering. The sky is lovely as are the trees and shadows in general.. I am painting some snow scenes in a class and find that misesof blue and purple give nice effects in terms of flatness of the snow and different buildups and tracks, I agree that there is too strong yellow in the snow.
Thanks so much for giving me feedback, I definitely agree the yellow is too strong and I can see my perspective is wonky. I will have to try again since I do like the photo and I think I can improve! I will add the hockey net next time since it is interesting I just don't want it to stand out too much! Thanks again for all your observations!
The overall impression really great. It seems a somewhat Oliverish interpretation with some very beautiful. haziness in the background than on the photo. the perspective isn't totally accurate, but it doesn't matter, your interpretation looks just good. I do see some yellow arond the sun, as you do. In the picture (as I see it on internet, it is mixed with blue from the refletion of the rest of the sky, (also behind you), which results in pale yellow-green on the snow, with more green-blue shadows. In your painting the reflection looks more yellow, which is fine as your interpretation. I would have painted it more pale. I admire what you did with the frost on the tree on the right bank. On the left bank the frost does light up, congratulations for that, but maybe it should have faded out at the extremities. upper and lower part of the tree could also have been a more smooth transition. I don't have the faintest idea of how I would do that though :-). I'm just trying to observe and giv e you factual feedback. Oh and the hockey net isn't really critical :-)