Comments on: EAGLE’S NEST http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html My Insatiable Obsession Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:18:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Linda Lucas Hardy http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-149 Linda Lucas Hardy Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:55:16 +0000 http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-149 Isn't that just like an artist? Of course my eye went right to the area you want to focus on but then I saw the bushes and the stairs. Since something felt wrong I zeroed in. Who's to say anyone else would? Ok, so what if, rather than removing the middle bush, you either mimimize or remove the bush directly to the left of the middle bush? That would open up the area you want to focus on a little more, still keep the attention off the stairs and at the same time keep them from feeling obstructed. Oh...it's all a guess anyway. Whatever you do, I know will be great! And thank you Jimmy, good conversation over a warm cup of coffee would be nice. Best of luck with the painting....Linda Isn’t that just like an artist? Of course my eye went right to the area you want to focus on but then I saw the bushes and the stairs. Since something felt wrong I zeroed in. Who’s to say anyone else would? Ok, so what if, rather than removing the middle bush, you either mimimize or remove the bush directly to the left of the middle bush? That would open up the area you want to focus on a little more, still keep the attention off the stairs and at the same time keep them from feeling obstructed. Oh…it’s all a guess anyway. Whatever you do, I know will be great!

And thank you Jimmy, good conversation over a warm cup of coffee would be nice. Best of luck with the painting….Linda

]]> By: Jimmy Longacre http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-147 Jimmy Longacre Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:27:54 +0000 http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-147 Hi Linda. Thank you for your compliments and for taking the time and interest to think about this study with me! I admire your beautiful colored pencil paintings, and recommend to anyone reading this interchange that you click on Linda's link for a very worthwhile side trip. Linda, I wish we were talking instead of writing (I'd make coffee), but the very things you suggested were concerns I tried to address in my sketch. In the photo there are four bushes of near equal size and interval. I eliminated the third from the left and altered the shapes of the remaining two on the right, adding a portion of another that ties the movement to the edge of the composition. The one I removed was intended to create an entry to the two oaks and the distance beyond, rather than directing the view to the stairs (which offers a secondary path to the focus on the pattern of the oaks against the distance. Your comments tell me that I may not have been as successful as I imagined, and I'll definitely re-think. Anyway, thank you, again, for your thoughtfulness in commenting. I appreciate your suggestions. Hi Linda. Thank you for your compliments and for taking the time and interest to think about this study with me! I admire your beautiful colored pencil paintings, and recommend to anyone reading this interchange that you click on Linda’s link for a very worthwhile side trip.

Linda, I wish we were talking instead of writing (I’d make coffee), but the very things you suggested were concerns I tried to address in my sketch. In the photo there are four bushes of near equal size and interval. I eliminated the third from the left and altered the shapes of the remaining two on the right, adding a portion of another that ties the movement to the edge of the composition. The one I removed was intended to create an entry to the two oaks and the distance beyond, rather than directing the view to the stairs (which offers a secondary path to the focus on the pattern of the oaks against the distance.

Your comments tell me that I may not have been as successful as I imagined, and I’ll definitely re-think. Anyway, thank you, again, for your thoughtfulness in commenting. I appreciate your suggestions.

]]> By: Linda Lucas Hardy http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-146 Linda Lucas Hardy Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:19:48 +0000 http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-146 Hi Jimmy, I'd like to say how much I love your work, especially the little still lifes you offered on ebay. I thought they were colorful ,delightful and wonderful. I'd like to make a suggestion regarding something that bothers me in your phototshop study that you might want to consider changing. You have a row of three bushes on the lower right hand side. If you remove the middle bush then you'd have a clear view of the stairs. It seems like it would open it up a bit by removing an obstruction leading to the house. That also would leave you with three bushes rather than an equal number of bushes that are about the same size. Congratulations on your commissions and I wish you continued success. Linda Hi Jimmy,

I’d like to say how much I love your work, especially the little still lifes you offered on ebay. I thought they were colorful ,delightful and wonderful.

I’d like to make a suggestion regarding something that bothers me in your phototshop study that you might want to consider changing.

You have a row of three bushes on the lower right hand side. If you remove the middle bush then you’d have a clear view of the stairs. It seems like it would open it up a bit by removing an obstruction leading to the house. That also would leave you with three bushes rather than an equal number of bushes that are about the same size.

Congratulations on your commissions and I wish you continued success.

Linda

]]> By: Jimmy Longacre http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-133 Jimmy Longacre Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:41:45 +0000 http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-133 Thanks Barb. I've found using Photoshop to be an invaluable sketch tool for exploring composition and color possibilities when preparing for a large painting. Many problems can be solved at this stage, allowing a freer and more confident approach on the actual painting. Thanks Barb. I’ve found using Photoshop to be an invaluable sketch tool for exploring composition and color possibilities when preparing for a large painting. Many problems can be solved at this stage, allowing a freer and more confident approach on the actual painting.

]]> By: Barb Pask http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-132 Barb Pask Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:01:46 +0000 http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-132 Hi Jimmy, I thought I was looking at a painting, so you altered this on your computer, neat. I look forward to seeing the finished painting, I know it will be great. Barb Hi Jimmy, I thought I was looking at a painting, so you altered this on your computer, neat. I look forward to seeing the finished painting, I know it will be great. Barb

]]> By: Jimmy Longacre http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-130 Jimmy Longacre Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:05:46 +0000 http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-130 Thank you very much for your compliments and recommendation, Delilah. I'm so happy to know that you're pleased with your painting. Thank you very much for your compliments and recommendation, Delilah. I’m so happy to know that you’re pleased with your painting.

]]> By: Delilah http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-129 Delilah Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:59:19 +0000 http://www.jimmylongacre.com/03/eagles-nest.html#comment-129 I bought the painting Beach Buds 2. It came wonderful wrapped and boxed. The painting was even more vibrant and alive with color then the web picture could ever show. I highly recommend this artist and his work. I bought the painting Beach Buds 2. It came wonderful wrapped and boxed. The painting was even more vibrant and alive with color then the web picture could ever show. I highly recommend this artist and his work.

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