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Capri

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mixed watercolors + graphite on paper

Such a relaxing place :)

Capri's Landing by catazarch
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Impact

The overall look of this piece is very nice but there are a few things that somewhat bug me. First, lets start with the good. The cliff above the deck has some very nice values to it and they look very natural/organic. I also really enjoy the line work on the deck and changing huts, the straight lines really contrast the organic lines of the rocks. Finally your perspective is excellent! It is very easy to ruin the perspective of a painting by forgetting the angle you are looking at from the viewer's POV.

Now for the "bad" (I use that word very loosely). The large amount of light colors used make this place feel like its blistering hot. I would recommend adding in more cool colors like the blue umbrella or maybe the addition of some water to cool it down. Another thing is that the supports for the deck and the deck itself really blend with the rocks. I'm also not very sure where your light source is, the colors make it look like it would put the sun directly above but the shading on the supports under the deck are shaded like the sun is very low.

All in all I really do like this piece, Im sure that if you worked on the lighting a bit more it would look great. Also please keep in mind that I have very little idea of the place you were picturing, for all I know you may have wanted it to look very hot. These are my personal opinions and can be very different than what you think. Sorry if this was poorly written, it was my first real critique.