Garden WIP- Which one?

James Toogood

This is looking Fantastic, it was really nice seeing it take shape. Im trying to improve my foliage myself, it can be very time consuming. great Job.

Coley

this is really lovely! so interesting and really draws the viewer in visually and story-wise too. I think I do like the sunflowers with a little less blur on them too. Super cool image!

LauraA

What a great visual allegory of the wonder of childhood and how adults hold children back from their imagination and intuition! The way the adult's thumb presses into the girl's skin and the hand grips her upper arm is telling. Also, I almost said something about how small the girl's irises and pupils are in her eye, but overall it helps to give her a slightly wasted-away look that adds to the story. I love your painting, and even the blurry flowers, but I see why it is better to have them in focus. I also like the color in the tips of the fingers. Good work!

One question: What is the difference between the large image and the one on the lower left? Am I just not seeing something obvious?!

TessaW

@Su Thank you! No, I don't have a story with it, but it would be interesting to see what kind of written narrative could be formed with it.

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Thanks.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thanks for your help.

@James-Toogood Thanks James. Yes, foliage can be tough! I'm hoping it will just get easier and easier the more I do it.

@Coley Awesome, thanks for your input.

@LauraA Thanks for your awesome interpretation. I went back and forth with how to stylize her eyes. I wanted to convey a slight sense of desperation, and I also don't like to make things too pretty- so that's why the eyes ended up this way. Hopefully it does the job.

Your right that there isn't a difference between the top version and the smaller on the left! I just wanted to put a smaller version of the in-focus flowers right up next to the blurred version to get a better sense of the difference between them.

TessaW

Thank you every one for the feedback! I think I'll go with the non-blurry flower version as suggested by @Nyrryl-Cadiz , but just work a little on varying the edges of the foliage. Almost there! I'm looking forward to moving on to something new.

Perrij

Looks absolutely beautiful! Only comment, maybe its just me but I feel like having the flowers in darkness really takes away from the fact that they're full of color and beauty. The dark values obviously tone down the whole color aspect. Of course, I dont know if you'd be able to adjust this easily in photoshop, but if so..maybe worth playing with?

TessaW

@Perrij Thank you! I'm going to put this away for a while, but I've marked down your suggestion to consider when I look at it with fresh eyes. Sure appreciate your feedback!

BichonBistro

@TessaW I really like the touch of roses you put in—wait til you see the same theme/color combo in these cupcakes by @Pamela-Fraley‘s mom, a cake artist. I squealed “those are the flowers in Tessa’s illustration!”

I don’t know how to copy a link to a particular post, but it’s the most recent one by Mrsnisch: https://instagram.com/mrsnisch?igshid=s9hsdizuq9ak

TessaW

@BichonBistro Omg, those are beautiful! Her instagram is seriously impressive! Wow, @Pamela-Fraley's mom!

But Patty, I'm not even joking, this was my birthday cake this year:

How did you know?

BichonBistro

@TessaW you are pulling my leg, right?!

TessaW

@BichonBistro Lol, nope! Totally serious. That's too funny. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:

BichonBistro

@TessaW looks delish

Judy Elizabeth Wilson

@TessaW Amazing concept Tessa. Is this a story you are developing? It really got me thinking!

TessaW

Thank you Judy, that's awesome of you to say! No, it's not for a story. I was trying to fall asleep one night and the image just popped into my head. That doesn't happen very often, but I went for it and this was the result. I might toss around some story ideas from this- but I woudn't even know where to start.