Autumn Leaves (part 2)

[rewind]

ready to be torn apart by your critic:
(photoshop7, intuos2, 4hrs.)

http://www.astridnagel.de/rewind/ca/autumn2.jpg

i gotta say painting autumn leaves is a very good practice
for textures, i think the green is too bright, well..

[dorian]

looking good
bg still too near to white. you're limiting the maximal brightness of your highlights this way.
I like the texture and different hues. what happened to the shadow in the upper right corner?
did you paint 4 hours straight? looks like you're really working to get better, which kicks my butt. thank you sire :)

[rewind]

this is strange.
i'm looking at this at a flatscreen monitor now and the colors
look very different (straange). the background is also a little
darker on the screen i painted it.
is my screen not set correctly? arr. anybody know a page
to check the calibration?

thanks dorian :)
i understand what you're saying about the brightness
of the highlights...
the shadow on the upper right leaf was actually like that!
the divine playing around with the physical correctness?
beats me.. i pretty much painted straight through it; a little
stretching pause and another small pause to eat something.

[madster]

Flat panel screens illuminate differently, so colors will look different from crts, but not dramatically so.
You may need to calibrate one or both of your monitors. Do a web search for online monitor calibration, there are a few different sites that can make the process easier.

I like this piece, particuarly this weekend, when the leaves are falling, and colors changing...I agreee wholeheartedly on the background being too white.
One of the great joys of digital art is that you are no longer bound by "white" paper or canvas. You can color it, texture it, tint it, or pattern it to your imagination's delight (just remember, though, never to "filter" it!).
Although a bit too saturated, the green works well enough with its companions. With perhaps a soft tan background, you might even find the brightness more effective.

The red leaf is my favorite, because of the veining.
This is a simple, but not simplisitic piece, and manages to successfully say a lot with very little.

The shadows need work for Value and Consistency
The brushstrokes on the green and yellow leaves need work on directional consistency. They look somewhat haphazard and "sloppy" at present, which is a misrepresentation of the time, thought, and effort that went into their creation.

Thank you for sharing this piece with us.
Now go paint something new... ;)

~M