Comments on: Artist Spotlite – Shirley Evans http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-shirley-evans Free art lessons & tips on a variety of different mediums including oil painting,watercolor,acrylics and more! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:20:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Julie Blight http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-shirley-evans/comment-page-1#comment-10329 Julie Blight Sat, 16 May 2009 00:31:46 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1366#comment-10329 Hi Shirley Love your tribute to Mark, thank you for showing. Julie Hi Shirley
Love your tribute to Mark, thank you for showing.

Julie

]]> By: Ellen Lou Severs http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-shirley-evans/comment-page-1#comment-10315 Ellen Lou Severs Fri, 15 May 2009 19:23:36 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1366#comment-10315 Dear Shirley, The only thing, I seen wrong is, I am not on that pier fishing. Congradulations on a job well done. Now pat yourself on the back. if the water is choppy sometimes there is not a reflection. It depends on the time of day. Ellen Lou Severs Artist and Author of A Whisper Through Life Published by Xlibris Dear Shirley,
The only thing, I seen wrong is, I am not on that pier fishing.
Congradulations on a job well done. Now pat yourself on the back. if the water is choppy sometimes there is not a reflection. It depends on the time of day.
Ellen Lou Severs
Artist and Author of A Whisper Through Life
Published by Xlibris

]]> By: Liz http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-shirley-evans/comment-page-1#comment-9581 Liz Wed, 06 May 2009 02:55:03 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1366#comment-9581 I really like this, the boat is done beautifully, and the water is so tranquil. I like the extra little details that you have done in the background it is very realistic. Liz I really like this, the boat is done beautifully, and the water is so tranquil. I like the extra little details that you have done in the background it is very realistic. Liz

]]> By: Ingrid Albrecht http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-shirley-evans/comment-page-1#comment-9549 Ingrid Albrecht Tue, 05 May 2009 19:05:40 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1366#comment-9549 Hi Shirley, What a lovely tribute to your nephew, Mark! This is a very nice painting and I am assuming that this boat has a special meaning associated with Mark. The boat is the most important part of this painting, and one way of making it become more important is how it is placed in the painting. One way of doing this is to give us more SKY or more OCEAN. Right now your painting is almost half in half. To make the boat more important, I would use much less sky, lower the horizon, and show more ocean, moving the boat up so that the white antennae on the boat runs off the upper edge of your canvas. By doing this the sky shape is divided into more interesting negative shapes and the boat is given much more importance. The bottom area of the painting is then the water shape with the boat's reflections...the largest largest shape in the painting. Maybe changing the time of day to get more exciting shadows of the boat in the water could tie the boat into that large water shape. Changing the color of the sky for more drama could also be another idea that you could use! These are just my ideas, and you, after all, are the artist who has the final word! Thanks for sharing with all of us and HAPPY PAINTING! Ingrid ;-) Hi Shirley,

What a lovely tribute to your nephew, Mark! This is a very nice painting and I am assuming that this boat has a special meaning associated with Mark.

The boat is the most important part of this painting, and one way of making it become more important is how it is placed in the painting. One way of doing this is to give us more SKY or more OCEAN. Right now your painting is almost half in half. To make the boat more important, I would use much less sky, lower the horizon, and show more ocean, moving the boat up so that the white antennae on the boat runs off the upper edge of your canvas. By doing this the sky shape is divided into more interesting negative shapes and the boat is given much more importance. The bottom area of the painting is then the water shape with the boat’s reflections…the largest largest shape in the painting. Maybe changing the time of day to get more exciting shadows of the boat in the water could tie the boat into that large water shape.

Changing the color of the sky for more drama could also be another idea that you could use!

These are just my ideas, and you, after all, are the artist who has the final word!

Thanks for sharing with all of us and HAPPY PAINTING!

Ingrid ;-)

]]> By: eileen http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-shirley-evans/comment-page-1#comment-9529 eileen Tue, 05 May 2009 13:25:57 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1366#comment-9529 I love the feeling of calm you get with the blue, and the exact opposite you get from the vibrancy of the boat eileen I love the feeling of calm you get with the blue, and the exact opposite you get from the vibrancy of the boat

eileen

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