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Apodemus · May 22, 2009

And here's a much quicker one - painted plein air during two lunch breaks in last week's summer weather, with the fauna added in the evening.

I'm genuinely interested in constructive criticism as I only started painting last year and am very much a raw beginner.

Thanks for your time

Mike

Gill Osborne · May 22, 2009

Ooooh I like!!! LOTS!!! :t: And with one of my favourite birds too - I just adore treecreepers :king:

I just love the overwhelming size of the tree - it looks so big and strong and awesome the way trees do and the colour is fabulous!:t: If I saw this in an exhibition I'd buy it like a shot and worry about how to feed hubby later

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Great work Mike...and very inspiring too :king:

Andrew H · May 22, 2009

As Gill said about, awesome, the size thing is great...and the ein plein air is also great, They have my vote whatever others decide ....

nickderry · May 23, 2009

Well if you only did start out last year it was about bl**dy time! You're doing great with the paint!

ps - love your signature - I think I want that on my tombstone!

timwootton · May 23, 2009

Stunning completion to the treecreeper painting- this had really worked out brilliantly (I'm with Gill on this one!).
I'll stick with the Vod, many thanks.

christineredgate · May 23, 2009

Very impressive,Andrew,you have a remarkable talent.

Woody · May 24, 2009

I can't believe I've stayed quiet for so long and not commented on your wonderful landscapes Mike. I love the moutainscapes, particularly the thrust of the first one, it has a real feeling of rugged beauty.

Good call on the woodie/tree/creeper pic too. Tiny bird+big tree = Spot on!

Mike

Apodemus · May 25, 2009

Thanks Gill, Nick, Tim, Andrew, Christine and Mike, I appreciate the comments.

Gill - leave hubby to feed himself and get yourself to the Ben Nevis distillery in Fort William before the tree creeper gets snapped up! Exhibition ends 6th June.

Nick - I found the signature on a ceramic tile on the wall of a cafe in the Spanish Sierra Nevada and appropriated it for myself.

Tim - vodka reminds me too much of being a teenager.

Cheers

Mike

Apodemus · May 27, 2009

To crop or not to crop

Help needed on this one please. It's an acrylic, painted mostly with the palette knife, and was done after a recent trip to the Isle of Eigg. There are still some areas to strengthen, so any tips or suggestions would be most welcome. I would particularly welcome views on whether to crop or not - I'm not sure that I like the composition of the uncropped version but I'm swithering.

Cheers

Mike

hunterpaul · May 27, 2009

cant help with the painting as I would call that finished and throw a frame around it... but I do prefer the cropped version... it makes it look more desolate being thinner.... Paul

timwootton · May 27, 2009

Yes - I think I'd agree totally with Paul - I love the ruggedness derived from the knife work and the selected palette adds to the scene (that wet, dank atmosphere of the far west is perfectly rendered here). I prefer the extended landscape crop too.
Super work Mike.

Apodemus · May 27, 2009

Thanks very much, both of you. You confirmed what I was thinking about the crop, but it's always refreshing to get a new set of eyes on the piece.

Mike

nickderry · May 27, 2009

go with the crop, it makes a dynamic use of the sky - there are three even bands of interest then. In the fuller version there are some rather lost elements floating around in space. Excellent knifework, looks like it was a lot of fun to paint.

Strandman · May 27, 2009

Apodemus said:
Help needed on this one please. It's an acrylic, painted mostly with the palette knife, and was done after a recent trip to the Isle of Eigg. There are still some areas to strengthen, so any tips or suggestions would be most welcome. I would particularly welcome views on whether to crop or not - I'm not sure that I like the composition of the uncropped version but I'm swithering.

Cheers

Mike

Another vote for the crop, exactly as you have shown it. But don't forget to take a look at the cropped-off bottom slice before you throw it out...might be possibilities for a pic #2 out of that.

Woody · May 28, 2009

One more vote for the crop here. It gives the pic a dynamism, a directional thrust that's diluted by the trackway in the uncropped version.

Mike

Rahul Parekh · May 28, 2009

Mike...little crop makes your composition more stronger, but i believe some portion of dirt road should be visible for lovely perspective & to achieve depth in the painting |=)|.

This is lovely piece of work. Excellent...

All best wishes,

Cheers, Rahul

ARTHUR BISHOP · May 28, 2009

another vote for the cropped

Apodemus · Jun 1, 2009

Thanks all - a unanimous vote for the crop. Out with the Stanley.

Mike

deborah4 · Jun 24, 2009

lovely atmospheric painting Mike - epitomises Scottish landscape with that moody but colourful scene.

(I'd probably be less brutal with the amount you've cropped)

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