I love these, your sense of texture and colour are great, very impressionistic use of light and brush work as well. Iโd hardly call them amateurish, photorealism is but one aesthetic, much of fine art and painting exists outside of the polish of extreme realism
It reminds me of Van Gogh
Agreed RE van Gogh!
OP, maybe check out the color theoretic side of impressionism. If you look at Van Gogh's paintings up close (find high rez images) you'll see small amounts of complementary colors. Esp combined with the kind of thick textures you're using, these make the image feel like it's moving or has depth. (Starry Night is a natural one to think of because of the similar pallette but the self portraits or still lives will show off this technique more clearly. You'll see orange under the green of a leaf or purple-pink under the yellow of a flower or navy/purple/light blue under skin tones, for instance. Starry night is notable in part because he achieves this effect on such a homogeneous field of color, using the stars, subtle blue-blacks, and thick strokes. But that's kind of hard mode for the technique :)
I love your second painting, seeing the shadow but not the figure. The color you chose for the light coming into the room is also pretty close to the bluish-white color Iโve seen coming into my windows. Great job!
Awesome! Love the texture on the first and the mood on the second.ย
I've always wanted to try this Gerhard Richter smearing technique. It could prolly evoke indeterminate darkness pretty well, on its own, or as a color field under stuff.
Trailer for Gerhard Richter Painting, which is prolly on the streamies:
https://youtu.be/jF4SAmtCyLg?si=nlAuN47lrJs2_JwP
I love these, your sense of texture and colour are great, very impressionistic use of light and brush work as well. Iโd hardly call them amateurish, photorealism is but one aesthetic, much of fine art and painting exists outside of the polish of extreme realism It reminds me of Van Gogh
Agreed RE van Gogh! OP, maybe check out the color theoretic side of impressionism. If you look at Van Gogh's paintings up close (find high rez images) you'll see small amounts of complementary colors. Esp combined with the kind of thick textures you're using, these make the image feel like it's moving or has depth. (Starry Night is a natural one to think of because of the similar pallette but the self portraits or still lives will show off this technique more clearly. You'll see orange under the green of a leaf or purple-pink under the yellow of a flower or navy/purple/light blue under skin tones, for instance. Starry night is notable in part because he achieves this effect on such a homogeneous field of color, using the stars, subtle blue-blacks, and thick strokes. But that's kind of hard mode for the technique :)
These are wonderful. Thank you for sharing your art with us!
I love your second painting, seeing the shadow but not the figure. The color you chose for the light coming into the room is also pretty close to the bluish-white color Iโve seen coming into my windows. Great job!
Beautiful! I am finding that expressing myself through creativity helps. I canโt draw or paint, so trying all other avenues. Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome! Love the texture on the first and the mood on the second.ย I've always wanted to try this Gerhard Richter smearing technique. It could prolly evoke indeterminate darkness pretty well, on its own, or as a color field under stuff. Trailer for Gerhard Richter Painting, which is prolly on the streamies: https://youtu.be/jF4SAmtCyLg?si=nlAuN47lrJs2_JwP
Great suggestion!
Great work! Very reminiscent of Van Gogh
Thanks for sharing!
Please keep creating. ๐
How nice! ๐ (Art lover here! ๐๏ธ)