28.01.2009, 22:01
Sir Bender,
First, let me qualify myself by saying that this minor critique of your clouds is in no way an affront to your no doubt obvious creative ability, and so i hope you will find no offense. Secondly, I'm a professional artist, both self-educated and a university degree-this is showing my qualification and is not meant as a form of pride or self-flagellation-and most my work is multi-media, minus computer art and an emphasis on colored pencil. To the matter then, your clouds are an attempt at a billowy, fluffier since of fullness-kind of a classic, Romantic Period a la Caspar David Friedrich, John Constable, et al. The problem I see with it is its use of over-shadowing or too many shadows, and the placement of the shadows. By using too much shadow the clouds tend to look more like smog, perhaps dirtier is the word without negativity. Perhaps I could kindly suggest that subtracting some shadows and placing others in the main cloud formations where light is less likely to penetrate. There are some grey clouds that are floating by in one of the pictures, which makes it look like smog. These minor clouds or wisps of clouds would have, if not directly behind the main clouds, direct sunlight leading away from the grey scale of the wisps to small mostly white ones. Perhaps lighter greys and perhaps experiment with other colors since most clouds are not much white nor much grey. Clouds have a tendency to carry within their voluptuous bellies a larger body of color. Lastly, I sincerely hope I've not perturbed you in any way...if so my apologies.
Buddha Love,
Aviator66
First, let me qualify myself by saying that this minor critique of your clouds is in no way an affront to your no doubt obvious creative ability, and so i hope you will find no offense. Secondly, I'm a professional artist, both self-educated and a university degree-this is showing my qualification and is not meant as a form of pride or self-flagellation-and most my work is multi-media, minus computer art and an emphasis on colored pencil. To the matter then, your clouds are an attempt at a billowy, fluffier since of fullness-kind of a classic, Romantic Period a la Caspar David Friedrich, John Constable, et al. The problem I see with it is its use of over-shadowing or too many shadows, and the placement of the shadows. By using too much shadow the clouds tend to look more like smog, perhaps dirtier is the word without negativity. Perhaps I could kindly suggest that subtracting some shadows and placing others in the main cloud formations where light is less likely to penetrate. There are some grey clouds that are floating by in one of the pictures, which makes it look like smog. These minor clouds or wisps of clouds would have, if not directly behind the main clouds, direct sunlight leading away from the grey scale of the wisps to small mostly white ones. Perhaps lighter greys and perhaps experiment with other colors since most clouds are not much white nor much grey. Clouds have a tendency to carry within their voluptuous bellies a larger body of color. Lastly, I sincerely hope I've not perturbed you in any way...if so my apologies.
Buddha Love,
Aviator66