This is from a tutorial given by Andrew Tischler of Mt Talbot in New Zealand. Celebrating one year of painting I wanted to really challenge myself, and boy did I. Lots of time, fun, frustration, research, and learning went into this. Andrew is a good teacher, but like most he makes the difficult look very easy. Attached the reference painting.
Super detail work and a great painting!
Super painting!
Thank you for the kind words! Sunny, thanks for the critique - very useful. I added another photo that is a little better / softer, but still not what the eye sees.
Yep, indeed, second picture is softer. I noticed that cameras generally enhance blue and darks, every photo is a fight for me. I bet for you too. Our eyes are more sophisticated than cameras. That is why I am recently thinking painting from a photo needs to be taken with the grain of salt and as artists we shall use every possibility to observe nature, shadows, colors, values to help us to work with the photo references.
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Great job you did!
The main difference I see between reference and your version is mood. Maybe it is issue if the photo camera just kills slightish shades of colors and makes it look bluer than it is in reality.
But what I am trying to say - your highlights on clouds and rocks are white while reference is more of yellowish ochre/ peach.
When just white is used for highlights - this creates a mood of pre-rain/dark sky nature or even after rain when sun did not come out.
What would I say - think if you have a brick in your hand and you take it outside to the bright sun. Will highlight be white? Or will highlight on the brick will be bright red color? What if the brick is wet and no sun and just cloudy weather?
Great skills you showed with this painting!