PAINTING WATER

[SPARTAN]

HOW DO YOU PAINT WATER?I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS PICTURE.CANT SEEM TO GET THE RIGHT FEEL FOR THE WATER.
CANT GET THAT REFLECTIVE SHINE,JUST ENDS UP FLAT AND LIFELESS.
ANY COMMENTS WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED.

[DLKeur]

(I wish you would have posted a larger image.)

You've got a good start. You're going to need to add bits of lighter blues and white to indicate the crests where the sun is glancing off, and darker blues and washes of indigo to indicate the shadows of the troughs between the swells. You've already got a start at this, and, tedious as it might be, you have to continue. Something's missing, though. Can you see it?

You've got a
ightening down at the far horizon, but your shadow beneath the dock indicates that the sun is early afternoon or late morning. By the shadow's lay, you should
ighten your sky near the top of the canvas in exact correlation to your shadows.

Next, were it mine, I'd mute the colors of the lake just a bit. Though water is this blue in some lakes and rivers in the West where I live, on Lake Pend Oreille where I live, it's a grayer muted blue. Water will take on the hues sky, its surroundings, with toning by algae and minerals like copper...or pollution. These will produce everything from muddy coloros, to orange and pinks waters. The presence of copper creates a startling torquoise
ightness, especially in the depths, prevalent in the West.

[SPARTAN]

THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS. I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THE WATER BEING FAR TO BLUE.I WAS HOPING TO USE THIS AS A BASE COLOUR AND THEN BUILD ON IT SOMEHOW.I WILL TRY AND POST A LARGER IMAGE WHEN I GET THE HANG OF THINGS

[SPARTAN]

WHEN I INCREASE THE PICTURE SIZE IT WONT LET ME POST IT.SAYS FILE IS TO BIG.

[Singular]

WHEN I INCREASE THE PICTURE SIZE IT WONT LET ME POST IT.SAYS FILE IS TO BIG.

The maximum size allowed to add as an attachment is 172 KB. However, you can add the image to our gallery. It allows a much larger file size. Once you do that, you can display that image in this post by putting the image url inside if image tags like this:

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[img]http://asingularcreation.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/yourimage.jpg[/img]

[SPARTAN]

THANKS I'LL GIVE IT A TRY.

[SPARTAN]

MANAGED TO POST A LARGER IMAGE,BYT ONLY IN GALLERY -NATURE/SCENERY.TOOK ME LONGER TO POST IT THAN IT DID TO PAINT IT









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PAINTINGS ARE NEVER FINISHED THEY ARE JUST ABANDONED

[Singular]

I added your image to your post above. If you click the edit symbol on the top right side of your post, above the image, you will see the code used to add the image to the post.

all the best,
Joe

[SPARTAN]

THANK YOU . YOUR A GENIUS

[moon]

Hello . I think if you could cool the blue down too towards the back of the picture (like you have with the hills) and include some of the sky colours in the reflection. I have had some sucess with using corse sandpaper to scratch away highlights at the end of the painting (just dont paint over it!) depending on the media used. Would love to see an update, moon x

[SPARTAN]

mmm, sort of put this on the back-burner for now. but thanks for the advice.
I'll probably come back to it when i have a bit of spare time