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JakobHansson — The Appointment
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Published: 2014-09-05 22:35:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2079; Favourites: 171; Downloads: 0
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Looking through my old folders I found this painting I started half a year ago and completely forgot about. So I thought it was finally time to finish it!Copyright Jakob Hansson 2014
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I continue to love you work. You have such a unique style that has ... an almost decaying feel to it (I think it is the red and brown hues you use in the shadows contrasted by the greens and lighter browns and yellows), but it also has this pop and form to it that makes it all very attractive to the eye.
For my thoughts on the art, I really enjoy the detailing in the bottom left. Nicely contrasted and textured. I would have liked to see a little more contrast in the foliage of the weeping willow on the top right. I feel that the piece muddies a little in the top 1/3. The colors you have throughout there are pleasing, and I do like the little highlights you have on the willow's leaves, but it seems a little washed out when you see the colorful contrasts in the earth and trees. I also felt that the bottom left area could have done a little more to create some eye flow, and it would need to be lighter. Something along the lines of a stump, log or boulder (this is the only mark against Vision). Your technique is very original to you, so you get full marks in Originality and Technique.
As for my thoughts on the content of the piece, I couldn't be more enthralled with it. I feel this "decaying, rotting" theme is beautifully juxtaposed in this piece with the placement of a knight taking a short reprieve out in the wilderness, almost making a holy sanctuary for himself (created by the bright, blurry, ethereal background, the faintest impression of the canopy of that background-tree and the spherical space you've created within which the knight rests while the dark trees and roots seem to effort to overgrow this holy ward) in the middle of the dark, fowl wilds. The goodly knight praying for his daily strength as darkness arches and looms all around. Love it all around (so full marks in Impact!).
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By the way I agreed that the top of the painting could benefit from a bit more brightness and colours, so I gave that part a slight paintover and updated the painting!
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Thank you very much for your thorough critique. I really appreciate that you also take time to adress in detail the parts you think could be approved
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Nice! Can't help but wonder whom the appointment is scheduled with...
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Thanks! I wonder as well....
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The woodland reminds me a bit of Arthur Rackham's paintings.
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Thank you very much. Rackham is so cool
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This one has a story in it! Love it when your painting have a story (or several) that you can guess is just waiting for the viewers imagination to pull it out!
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Thank you very much, Thama :0)
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"started half a year ago and completely forgot about. So I thought it was finally time to finish it!"
Lol I do the same thing sometime .
It's so lucky that we can watch the beautiful painting finally ~
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The level of artistic detail that you put into your work is great. The colors, shading, carries you right into the scene with the character. As always, Many thanks for submitting this to "iconSharpenedEdge: and allowing our group to display it.
Am getting the feeling this picture is of a swamp, but it could also be a decayed world. Either way, it is foreboding as a viewer.
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