the first is really amazing, but in the second scene try using value more like make dark places more darker and light lighter especially on the foreground element to create focus that will create a variety and try to follow diagonals as guides for entire painting to make it more dynamic.the third one has a great contrast . just keep focusing on wave tha trees make and foreground element. the fourth one is my favourite, good contrast, negative space and rhythm. just make the foreground with most value and gradually reduce it with every layer to create more depth. the fifth one has good contrast and the thing about foreground and backgroung element that i just talked but it looked boring to me because of lack of some good rhythm in clouds that takes you away from the painting use its rhythm to keep the eye on the painting and. and the foreground element is a little back. but i must say you made some really amazing stuff to look at. i really enjoyed each one of them and your effort shows in every painting. Great effort man. Thanks for making these.
Wow! Thank you so much for the feedback really, and I'll be sure to take all of this into account for my next paintings. THANK YOU!
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These pens are each hand-tested (on a little card we include in the package) to avoid sending out any duds (another problem with pens sold in stores). We also checked out a handful of different options before settling on this supplier - mainly looking for pens that were as close to the Staedtler Pigment Liner. If I'm being honest, I think these might even perform a little better, at least for our use case in this course.
We've also tested their longevity. We've found that if we're reasonably gentle with them, we can get through all of Lesson 1, and halfway through the box challenge. We actually had ScyllaStew test them while recording realtime videos of her working through the lesson work, which you can check out here, along with a variety of reviews of other brands.
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