Artist: Joy McKenzie
Location: Morwell Victoria Australia
Medium: Watercolor
Support: Arches W/C paper 140lb
Website: http://artbyjoymac.blogspot.com
Comments: This is one of my favourite paintings that I did a year ago
Artist Spotlite – Joy McKenzie
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Manjula Singh on Fri, 22nd May 2009 4:39 pm
Lovely!
Dr. Derek P. Blake on Fri, 22nd May 2009 5:37 pm
Great very realistic sky Joy.
Ellen Lou Severs on Fri, 22nd May 2009 5:56 pm
Dear Joy,
I really liked your painting. I can feel the energy in it.
Concrads and keep up the great inspiration of expressions.
God Bless You.
Ellen Lou Severs
Artist and Author of
A Whisper Through Life.
Ingrid Albrecht on Fri, 22nd May 2009 6:09 pm
Hi Joy,
This is a peaceful, charming watercolor that puts a smile on my face! I like how you have the subtle angles in the foreground lead us through the painting up to the barns and then take us out through the sky!
I would like to offer a few suggestions. Always ask yourself this question before you begin painting…. WHAT do I want to make stand out a bit more in my painting over everything else? Is it the sheep, the red barns and tree line, or a little of both? In other words, what is my center of interest?
A couple of suggestions could be:
1. Lower the tree line and barns to give us more sky. Then have some of the sheep take a bite out of those nice red barn shapes to connect the two together to give us a strong center of interest. The contrast of the red barns with the white sheep shapes would create a striking center of interest.
2. Raise the tree line to give us more foreground and a sliver of the sky shape. Have some of the sheep (very small in the background) take bites out of the barn shapes. In the foreground, have a group of sheep with more contrast and detail (within the grass and also within the sheep as a focal area), and then have a few white suggested shapes (as sheep) in the background, including those taking bites out of the barns. These would then lead our eyes back to the barns, but have them less important than the focal area of the sheep in the foreground.
You have a lovely approach to watercolor! These are just a few suggestions from me, but you are the artist and it is your painting!
Keep painting and thank you for sharing your work with us!
Happy painting!
Ingrid
Sana Almimar on Sat, 23rd May 2009 8:07 pm
Lovely painting ,i like the sky and the trees.Thanks for sharing
June Smith on Sun, 24th May 2009 1:21 am
Hi Joy
I really smiled when with the first look as your painting downloaded
It really sends a warm message — to me it represents — sweetness and innocence
keep up the good work
June
Jayne Cummins on Sun, 24th May 2009 7:31 pm
Hi Joy
I loved your painting too – it has a very peaceful, calming effect. I’m rather a bold painter, using bold colours and would truly have liked to see more colour in the grass, especially in the foreground, but do appreciate that this is watercolour and therefore has a softer approach.
Jayne