First painting in.. awhile

[HeathMeister]

Hey gang...

So I just did this off the top of my head and just started painting and such.

I used one brush the entire time to just challenge myself, so therefore everything else ensued. I wanted an environment with alot of sun so I could do foreground to background stuff so the atmosphere would take over and things vanish further back they go. I am also not the greatest at color theory, so if you see something wrong with the color please tell me

I'm overall looking for any way possible to make this better or comments how to paint better or just tell me if you like the idea of the piece and where its heading.

First time really ever painting in PS. I just wanna be good so practice practice practice!

Thanks guys

[prince911]

With all that light coming from the outside, the inside should be much darker than what you have.
But ya keep at it. Let's see hwo it develops.

[DeeStar]

looking good so far, but i feel it needs some deeper shadows

[Foxtrot Wolfwhistle]

It's great but the whole picture seems to be a little washed out. I understand that the setting is a cliffside cave, possibly used by pirates or smugglers (i may be wrong of course, it's your work ^^; ) If you add more sparkle in the shore and darken the silhouettes of the planks of wood you'll be on your way to a masterpiece!

Good luck!

[HeathMeister]

I also feel now that you guys are pointing it out that there needs to be some heavier shadows so things read better.

And I am not sure, if any, bounce light would be in there from the light source.

Thanks for the comments guys trying to make changes soon.

[Zorcron]

hey man looking good a couple things ive got to point out here

the light seems to be coming from more then one direction the way you have got it IE:
the rock in the foreground has light on the top left side and the shadow on the bottom right but the jets of shadow that project from the wooden beams go to the left

a few things like that * also * for the shadows instead of using a darker shade of the same color its definatly a
good idea to pick another color all together (it helps sometimes if its the contrasting color) and then use that as the shadow / highlight


just my 2 cents i like the concept keep up the fight !

[KatieCruit]

with so much light coming in, the shadows would seem MUCH darker in comparison. and there should be some silhouettes around the edge of things.