Did a pastel painting of a waterfall.

[LiberalLoner]

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Thank you to anyone who looks at this. Very grateful for any critiques.

I just keep playing with my soft pastels, trying to learn and get better.

[hlthe2b]

1. I can offer no educated critique but to my eyes it is absolutely beautiful.

especially the sense of light coming through the heavy forest

[LiberalLoner]

74. Thank you! ❤️

[lark]

2. Not professionally trained, so no real knowledge of art, but I find this very inviting.

I'd love to sit by that stream, soaking in the beauty.

[LiberalLoner]

75. Thank you! ❤️

[Walleye]

3. I really like it, the transition of the colors and the highlights on the water, very cool

[LiberalLoner]

76. Thank you! ❤️

[delisen]

4. A joy to perceive

Green Mansions. I felt first calm, then excited, and now Inspired. Thank you.

[LiberalLoner]

77. Thank you! ❤️

[claudette]

5. Beautiful!!

Soft pastels amidst darker shades. Wonderfully done.

[LiberalLoner]

78. Thank you! ❤️

[blm]

6. Oh wow. I could stare at that for hours.

[LiberalLoner]

79. Thank you! ❤️

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Extremely well done!

I never could get the hang of pastels. Everything I tried turned out to be a smeary mess.

I’d say you definitely have the technique and the talent. This is just beautiful.

[LiberalLoner]

80. Thank you! ❤️ pastels can be challenging at times, it's true!

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Simply gorgeous.

[LiberalLoner]

81. Thank you! ❤️

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. That is very good. Thank you for sharing.

[LiberalLoner]

82. Thank you for looking and kindly commenting! ❤️

[MLAA]

10. Ephemeral is the first word that came to mind. You captured a moment that has now already passed.

The water pool is glass like while the water fall is lace in motion. The lichen looks spongy and touchable. The light slipping in is just right. You’ve done a fantastic job.

[LiberalLoner]

83. Thank you so much! ❤️

[cate94]

11. It's beautiful

[LiberalLoner]

84. Thank you! ❤️

[PatSeg]

12. Oh, that is wonderful

I love working with pastels.

[LiberalLoner]

85. Thank you! ❤️ aren't they so much fun? I am addicted!

[CousinIT]

13. That is gorgeous. Great work with light...

….reminds me a bit of Monet.

[LiberalLoner]

86. Wow thank you! ❤️

[panader0]

14. High quality work! Like a poster noted above, the scene is inviting.

It makes me feel good. Did you set up an easel on site?

[LiberalLoner]

87. Thank you! ❤️ actually this scene was from my memory/imagination...

[area51]

15. It's beautiful

[LiberalLoner]

88. Thank you! ❤️

[samplegirl]

16. Gorgeous

[LiberalLoner]

89. Thank you! ❤️

[Butterflylady]

17. The picture is absolutely beautiful

The color of the mounting is somewhat off. Something lighter would be better.

[soldierant]

66. While I see what you mean,

I'm not sure I agree. the black and the brown used are both in the image, and the combination makes me feel as if I am coming out of a cave to that scene, and I find that uplifting.

There are many ways of selecting matting and framing, and they are not always equally good, but sometimes they are good for different purposes. If the artist wanted to make the image look bigger, you are correct - that combo doesn't to that.

[LiberalLoner]

90. Thank you! ❤️

[LiberalLoner]

91. Thank you! ❤️

[Dave in VA]

18. Wow, just

wow!

Stunningly beautiful!

[LiberalLoner]

92. Thank you! ❤️

[CaptainTruth]

19. Absolutely beautiful!

I love it!

[LiberalLoner]

93. Thank you! ❤️

[amazona10]

20. fantastic!

I do pastels, such a wonderful medium. Congratulations!! this is superb and I am there.....

[LiberalLoner]

94. Thank you! Always a thrill to get kudos from a fellow pastellist! ❤️

[jaxexpat]

21. Reminds me of Watkins Glen.

I'd pay some money for it.

[3catwoman3]

24. Lots of exquisite scenery in the Finger Lakes area.

I own a small cottage on Keuka, and we always know our long drive from the greater Chicago area is just about over when we see the sign for Watkins Glen on Route 54.

[jaxexpat]

45. When I was a kid I was stationed in Bath. We did a lot of work around Hammondsport.

Plenty of gravel roads through the vineyards. Seismic exploration in the winters was mostly painful as I recall.

[3catwoman3]

46. We are pretty much equidistant between Penn Yan...

...and Hammondsport. We have a great view of the bluff. My favorite vineyard is Bully Hill.

[jaxexpat]

52. The first time I saw the lake except at Hammondsport was when we came down the hill into Urbana.

Looks like those wineries there are pretty much abandoned from my Google Earth automobile. It was a busy place in 1975. Time passes. Bully Hill indeed. Best scenery around the area. To be that young again.

[LiberalLoner]

95. Thank you! ❤️ My DH said it reminded him of upstate NY!

[niyad]

22. It is just beautiful. So serene and inviting.

[LiberalLoner]

96. Thank you! ❤️

[3catwoman3]

23. I feel as if I can hear the water splashing down from above...

…into the pool below.

If you were selling it, I would buy it.

Is this a real place or somewhere. Created in your imagination?

[Irish_Dem]

32. I just posted below that I feel the water splashing when I look at it.

Interesting how the painting activates our sensory systems.

[3catwoman3]

38. I'm so gently envious of people who can paint. I have zero...

…artistic talent. The only thing I can paint is walls -

[Irish_Dem]

40. I have an eye for what looks good. But zero talent myself.

[housecat]

122. Taste is also a talent

[Irish_Dem]

123. Yes good point.

People ask my advice on house decor, clothing, etc.
Because I can put things together in a pleasing visual.

When I sold my last house, the gal who bought it asked me who staged my
home for sale. I was surprised and said, I didn't stage it. This is just how
my house looks. She couldn't believe it.

That said, I am not near as good a professional designer of course.

[housecat]

132. From what I've seen of many professional decorators and designers you're probably much more talented

[LiberalLoner]

108. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Backseat Driver]

39. You are right; it awakened a memory of a real place

so close to home where I would climb down the steep wooded hill to play along the rushing rock creek to get to big boulders where I'd sit near the quiet pools.

[Irish_Dem]

41. Good art is highly evocative of memories, emotions, senses.

This work sure does it.

[LiberalLoner]

106. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[LiberalLoner]

107. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Backseat Driver]

42. You are right; it awakened a memory of a real place

so close to home where I would climb down a steep wooded hill to play along the rushing rock creek to get to big boulders where I'd sit near the quiet pools.

[LiberalLoner]

97. Thank you! ❤️ just imagination.

[LiberalLoner]

105. Thank you! ❤️ imagination...

[multigraincracker]

25. I'd think some

numbered signed prints would do well

[LiberalLoner]

98. Thank you! ❤️

[orleans]

26. i think it's wonderful. you're very talented nt

[LiberalLoner]

99. Thank you! ❤️

[housecat]

27. Lovely. Calming. I wouldn't change a thing. You might want to do another one to experiment with

colors or anything you'd like to try.

[LiberalLoner]

100. Thank you! ❤️ I will do that! 😀

[judesedit]

28. Gorgeous. Great work!

Thanks for sharing.

[LiberalLoner]

101. Thank you! ❤️

[Ocelot II]

29. Well done! Very impressive.

Wish I could do something with pastels besides make a smeary mess, but you seem to have figured it out. Really nice work.

[LiberalLoner]

102. Thank you! ❤️ I just keep trying to learn!

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

30. Top notch work!

Beautiful!

[LiberalLoner]

103. Thank you! ❤️

[Irish_Dem]

31. I like how it actually feels like water when you look at it.

Great job.

[LiberalLoner]

109. Thank you! ❤️

[sabrams]

33. Fantastic

I can’t see anything to dislike about your piece. I even like your mounting.

[LiberalLoner]

110. Thank you! ❤️

[MontanaMama]

34. So lovely.

Peaceful. Calming. Just beautiful.

[LiberalLoner]

111. Thank you! ❤️

[Rebl2]

35. I almost feel

I see the movement in the waterfall. Beautiful colors and very calming.

[LiberalLoner]

112. Thank you! ❤️

[riverbendviewgal]

36. It is very beautiful.

I could look at this painting every day. I love waterfalls and woods. You are very talented.

[LiberalLoner]

113. Thank you! ❤️

[ms liberty]

37. Wow. This is beautiful! K&R n/t

[LiberalLoner]

114. Thank you! ❤️

[TexLaProgressive]

43. I was transported there.

I could hear the water, smell the woods feel the ground beneath my feet. I can’t imagine what it would be like to see the picture in reality. Thank you for sharing.

As is said, I don’t know much about art, but I know what moves me. This moved me.

[LiberalLoner]

115. Thank you! ❤️

[BobTheSubgenius]

44. I think it's excellent.

The composition and colours are perfect. It's not at all hard for me to look at it and see it as one of my wife's....which, for me, is high praise indeed. When she finished high school, she was tracked down and recruited by an art college. She declined, in favour of social work, which she also loved. Still does.

She has a little niche now, doing the occasional commission, selling a piece here and there through businesses willing to hang them, but her main source of (admittedly small) revenue is pet portraits.

I say the foregoing as a way of underlining my assertion that comparing your work to hers is not a pedestrian, half-baked compliment.. Nice work!!!

[LiberalLoner]

116. Wow thank you so much!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[Sogo]

47. Very nice!!

It looks very realistic and very dreamy at the same time....

[LiberalLoner]

117. Thank you! ❤️

[Escurumbele]

48. Very beautiful, well done.

I am also an artist, but I don't dare to touch pastels...very good job. I love the depth, it makes me want to jump in the water and swim all the way to the end. Well done.

[LiberalLoner]

118. Thank you! ❤️ oh pastels are so much fun though.....

[llashram]

49. very enticing for

it is a peaceful scene. These days, welcome

[LiberalLoner]

119. Thank you! ❤️

[Trueblue Texan]

50. Lovely!

It all looks so easy when it's already done! Love the layers of color in the foreground and the sun shining in the back. Thank you for sharing!

[LiberalLoner]

120. Thank you for viewing and kindly commenting! ❤️

[ornotna]

51. I would put it up on my wall

That's very nice.

[LiberalLoner]

121. Thank you! ❤️

[blueinredohio]

53. That's beautiful!

[LiberalLoner]

124. Thank you! ❤️

[11 Bravo]

54. I'm not an art critic, but I know what I like, and that's gorgeous!

[LiberalLoner]

125. Thank you! ❤️

[mercuryblues]

55. growing up

my Mom had a painting of a path through the woods. I would look at that for what seemed like hours and daydreamed where the path would lead me.

This painting brings up that same emotion. Well done!

[LiberalLoner]

126. Thank you! ❤️

[wendyb-NC]

56. That's beautiful

Well done, LiberalLoner.

[LiberalLoner]

127. Thank you! ❤️

[democrank]

57. So, so beautiful

Thank you for posting this

[LiberalLoner]

128. Thank you for looking and kindly commenting! ❤️

[trof]

58. By a Waterfall...

[LiberalLoner]

129. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Joinfortmill]

59. Gorgeous

[LiberalLoner]

130. Thank you! ❤️

[bif]

60. I love the way you handled the reflections in the water

Beautiful work!

[LiberalLoner]

131. Thank you! ❤️ always thrilled to get positive feedback from a fellow artist!

[orangecrush]

61. Amazing

And thank you for sharing.

[LiberalLoner]

133. Thank you!!! ❤️

[hwmnbn]

62. So many subtle nuances...

of the same color! How do you get so many shades of GREEN in one painting? Amazing.


Idiot question coming up...

This is one of a kind painting, if someone offered a gazillion dollars, is there anyway you could reproduce this? Or even close?

I say there is no way. Hence the idiot question.


LiberalLoner, you got mad skilz!

Thanks for sharing your talent.

[LiberalLoner]

134. Thank you so much!!!❤️ actually....

I didn’t do a duplicate today, but did a riff on the original painting, changing some things….was fun!

[hwmnbn]

146. Yeah, this is kinda close...

....but not really! LOL

Damn, this one is really cool too.

I am grateful that YOU have this talent to share with us.

[LiberalLoner]

147. ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗👩🏼‍🎨

[AmBlue]

63. Great job!

The interplay of light is wonderful! In the far distance, reflecting off the water, over the texture of the rocks.... very lovely. Thank you for sharing!

[LiberalLoner]

135. Thank you for looking and responding kindly! ❤️

[tblue37]

64. Beautiful. I love the way you use light in this painting.

[LiberalLoner]

136. Thank you! ❤️

[WVGal1963]

65. Stunning

Stunning. Wow.

[LiberalLoner]

137. Thank you! ❤️

[JudyM]

67. Gorgeous and uplifting.

Ahhh, thanks for sharing your art, LL.

[LiberalLoner]

138. Thank you so much for looking and for responding kindly! ❤️

[C Moon]

68. Love it!

[LiberalLoner]

139. Thank you! ❤️

[godsentme]

69. Beautiful!

Beautiful! That's it. Just beautiful. I love it.

[LiberalLoner]

140. Thank you! ❤️

[calimary]

70. Wish I could sit there. IN that scene.

Just beautiful, LiberalLoner! Well done.

[LiberalLoner]

141. Thank you! ❤️

[applegrove]

71. Very moody. I like it. You have talent.

[LiberalLoner]

142. Thank you! ❤️

[lucca18]

72. Wow! So beautiful!😍

You are very talented!
The colors are amazing!

[LiberalLoner]

143. Thank you! ❤️

[Callalily]

73. Fabulous! You are very talented.

[LiberalLoner]

144. Thank you! ❤️

[femmedem]

104. Spectacular, Liberal Loner.

I don't have a critique--nothing but admiration.

[LiberalLoner]

145. Thank you! ❤️