Comments on: Artist Spotlite – Christy McGuire http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire Free art lessons & tips on a variety of different mediums including oil painting,watercolor,acrylics and more! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:28:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Francisco Salvado http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire/comment-page-1#comment-2629 Francisco Salvado Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:44:43 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire#comment-2629 I am impressed. The grass looks so...real. There's a slight mist in the atmosphere too. Great job. I am impressed. The grass looks so…real. There’s a slight mist in the atmosphere too. Great job.

]]> By: Bud Sutton http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire/comment-page-1#comment-2521 Bud Sutton Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:38:11 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire#comment-2521 Great work Christy. Keep it up. Great work Christy. Keep it up.

]]> By: Ingrid http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire/comment-page-1#comment-2266 Ingrid Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:01:54 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire#comment-2266 Hi Christy, You have captured the feeling of loneliness in your painting, and one wonders what "stories" this barn could tell! So many old barns are 'falling by the wayside' in today's world, and by having painted it, you have preserved it. Nicely done! One of the things I like to do when I paint buildings that have dark shaped areas in them, as the barn door and the two shadow areas in your barn, is to put some of the color from the surrounding areas of the painting into these dark shapes. Maybe some of the blue from the sky could be put into the doors of the barn or into those dark shadow shapes. Some of the green from the grass could also be used in these dark areas. By doing this, those dark shadow shapes and doors would be a bit more interesting to look at. I know that you do not see this when you are looking at the photo of the barn, or the barn in front of you if you are painting on location, but it would be a great way to connect the barn (via color usage) to the rest of the painting. Keep up the good work and happy painting! Thanks for sharing! Ingrid ;-) Hi Christy,
You have captured the feeling of loneliness in your painting, and one wonders what “stories” this barn could tell! So many old barns are ‘falling by the wayside’ in today’s world, and by having painted it, you have preserved it. Nicely done!

One of the things I like to do when I paint buildings that have dark shaped areas in them, as the barn door and the two shadow areas in your barn, is to put some of the color from the surrounding areas of the painting into these dark shapes. Maybe some of the blue from the sky could be put into the doors of the barn or into those dark shadow shapes. Some of the green from the grass could also be used in these dark areas. By doing this, those dark shadow shapes and doors would be a bit more interesting to look at. I know that you do not see this when you are looking at the photo of the barn, or the barn in front of you if you are painting on location, but it would be a great way to connect the barn (via color usage) to the rest of the painting.

Keep up the good work and happy painting! Thanks for sharing!

Ingrid ;-)

]]> By: Saso http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire/comment-page-1#comment-2234 Saso Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:41:12 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire#comment-2234 Nice work. Nice work.

]]> By: Pat http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire/comment-page-1#comment-2107 Pat Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:10:49 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-christy-mcguire#comment-2107 The grass is very lush. the barn is good. Nice job. The grass is very lush. the barn is good. Nice job.

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